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House of Commons
‘Early Day Motions'
7 July 2008
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USE OF AIR
GUNS
Walley, Jean
| Breed, Colin |
Brooke, Annette |
Campbell, Ronnie |
| Clelland, David |
Corbyn, Jeremy |
Cryer, Ann |
| Cummings, John |
Dean, Janet |
Dismore, Andrew |
| Drew, David |
Durkan, Mark |
Etherington,
Bill |
| Evans, Nigel |
Flynn, Paul |
Foster, Michael
Jabez |
| Hancock, Mike |
Holmes, Paul |
Hopkins, Kelvin |
| Hoyle, Lindsay |
Illsley, Eric |
Jackson, Glenda |
| Jenkins, Brian |
Jones, Lynne |
Leech, John |
| McDonnell, John |
Meale, Alan |
Prentice, Gordon |
| Russell, Bob |
Simpson, Alan |
Simpson, David |
| Skinner, Dennis |
Taylor, David |
Truswell, Paul |
| Turner, Desmond |
Vis, Rudi |
Williams, Betty |
| Williams,
Stephen |
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This House expresses sympathy for all
those who have been injured or killed by air guns; welcomes the
improved safeguards introduced by the Violent Crime Reduction Act
2006 for the use of air guns; and calls on the Government to
reinforce these measures by bringing forward proposals for a
registration requirement that holds air gun owners responsible for
the use of their air guns.
Tuesday 25 October 2005
781 AIR
GUNS
Mr Fraser
Kemp
Bob Russell
Mr Alan Meale
Mr Greg Pope
Mr Andrew Dismore
Mr Martin Caton
Mrs Ann Cryer Paul Flynn
Jeff Ennis Mr Eric Martlew
That this House recognises the terrifying
incidences of airgun crimes in the United Kingdom and notes that
on Saturday 15th October, Andrew Ross, who lives in the
constituency of Houghton and Washington East, was shot in the
face by an airgun rifle; calls upon the Government to implement
stringent new controls on airgun rifles and all legally held air
weapons which have long been demanded by the police services
throughout the United Kingdom; further calls upon the Government
to raise the age at which an airgun can be held and introduce a
strict licensing system; and urges the Government to organise an
amnesty day in which
legally and illegally held firearms can be handed in.
Petition: Call for Tighter Controls
on the Sale of Air and Replica Guns
A petition
signed by 1000 residents in Leith was presented to Home Office minister
Vernon Coaker by the local MP Mark Lazarowicz who is pressing for
UK-wide legislation to stop the potentially fatal weapons falling into
the wrong hands. He wants more control over the sale of toy and
replica guns. There were two separate incidents involving airguns
in Leith in May which led to people having to be evacuated from
buildings.
Mr Lazarowicz
expressed concern about the delay in the Lords with the Violent Crime
Reduction Bill (Edinburgh Evening News, 7 July 2006).
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