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Annual Firearms Crime Figures Show Third Consecutive
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Gun
Incidents
Gun Control Network monitors media reports
of incidents involving guns throughout Great Britain and compiles monthly lists and
summaries
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May 2008
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Summary -
April 2008
Latest Gun Crime Statistics
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Quarterly Update for England & Wales (excludes Airgun Crime)
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Comment - Figures do not show that Gun
Crime is "Rising Unabated"
Annual Figures for England & Wales (include Airgun Crime)
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Comment
Gun
Homicide Rates by Country
(graph shows how much lower
gun homicide is in Britain in comparison with most other countries)
UK Deaths from Firearms Injuries
Gun Offences Increase in Scotland
International Comparisons
Updated
Europe's Largest Mass Shootings Committed by Licensed Gun Owners
GCN Press Releases and Comment
Gun Crime Figures - February 2008
Upgrading Airsoft Guns - Evidence from Japan
- December 2007
Tories are 'Economical
with the Truth' about Gun Crime
- October 2007
New
Measures on Airguns and Imitation Guns - October 2007
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Releases
What Can You Do?
Issues Raised by Correspondents to GCN
Cats Killed but Police Seem Unable to Act
● Neighbours using Airguns
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Teenage
Son is left a Tetraplegic as a Result of Airgun Shooting
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The
Long Term Effects of Gun Crime on a Victim
What Happens to Guns when an
Owner Dies
● Gun Sales in a Toy Shop
● Inadequate Responses to Gun
Incidents
● Access to Guns by Unfit
Persons
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Pet
Owners Factsheet
GCN receives a number of e-mails from pet owners whose
animals have been shot with guns, usually air weapons. The factsheet
provides some practical advice.
Guns in Advertising
Announcements
LIFEWISE - City Hall, South London - 14 May
2008
"You Have a Choice"
- Arsenal FC, North London - 28 June 2008
Parliament
Violent Crime Reduction Bill
Parents
of Airgun Victims Write to MPs
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Items updated in May 2008
Last updated
Friday, 09 May 2008