BEIJING China reportedly has launched a new crackdown on illegal guns across the country.

The China Daily newspaper reports police nationwide have told the public to turn in their guns, including airguns and replica firearms. It says those who fail to comply could get up to two years in prison.

In Beijing, police seized 100 guns last month and detained 98 people. Even though most of the guns were replicas, a police official says such guns can cause "unnecessary nervousness" for the public.

Police in a province in southern China seized nearly 67-hundred guns in April and May, nearly all of them replicas.

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