Police let children handle guns / BBC, Friday, 15 August 2008 15:07 UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7563113.stm

"The Met said it would review the way such presentations are done in future
Firearms officers have been criticised for allowing children as young as seven to hold submachine guns during a community event. Youngsters were given the guns by officers from the Metropolitan Police's CO19 firearms unit as part of a fun day in Limehouse, east London."