Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Tamworth Herald
03-05-2013
Two cats have been shot in separate incidents within three weeks of each other in Tamworth, Staffordshire. A 10-year-old cat was shot in the leg and needed surgery to remove the bullet and rebuild his shattered bone. A two-year-old was later shot in the eye with an air rifle and had to be put down due to the severity of his injuries.
BBC News
02-05-2013
An inquest into the death of soldier Terence Conley has found that he committed suicide with a rifle at his barracks in Chilwell, Nottinghamshire. The 38-year-old shot himself while depressed because of the recent death of five of his colleagues and the breakdown of his marriage. Despite not being trained, he had access to the rifle and ammunition. Shortly before his death his wife had attempted to contact the welfare officer at the training site but had reached the answering machine on multiple occasions and the coroner called for an increase in the support given to military personnel and their families after traumatising experiences.
Suffolk Free Press
02-05-2013
An inquest has found that Gerald Dann, 77, took his own life with a homemade pistol in the garden of his home near Leavenheath, Suffolk. His body was found face down with a gunshot wound to the head by his neighbour after she heard a gunshot and called the emergency services. He was reported to have recently had thoughts of suicide after suffering with depression and to have been drinking heavily. The weapon had been skilfully put together from different gun parts and police also discovered live shotgun cartridges, a rifle and a shotgun butt attached to a wooden pole in a search of the property.
Plymouth Herald
02-05-2013
Two have been arrested by armed officers and charged with possession of an imitation firearm with intent to cause fear of violence to another man Plymouth, Devon. One of the men was also charged with threatening to blow up the victim's car.
St Helens Star
02-05-2013
Police have recovered a loaded shotgun during a search of unused land in Rainhill, Merseyside. It was not known how long the gun had been hidden there.
Waltham Forest Guardian
02-05-2013
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after he was stopped by police in possession of a stun gun on a street in Leytonstone, east London. He and two were approached when the officers saw them behaving suspiciously and he was seen to throw something into a tree. Police recovered a 950,000 volt stun gun shaped like a knuckle duster from the tree as well as cannabis and a Swiss army knife on his person.
Spalding Guardian
02-05-2013
A 45-year-old man has been charged with illegally possessing a brass-handled firing mechanism at his home in Bourne, Lincolnshire.
STV
02-05-2013
Three men armed with a knife and an imitation gun have assaulted a man at his home in Lasswade, Midlothian. They knocked on the door and forced their way into the property but left empty-handed. The 60-year-old victim sustained minor injuries in the attack and his family members were left shaken but unhurt.
STV
02-05-2013
Police recovered a firearm and £32,000 of heroin during a planned raid at an address in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire. Two men, aged 20 and 25, and a 48-year-old woman were arrested.
St. Albans Review
01-05-2013
Stephen Lawrence has been jailed for three years after pleading guilty to theft and common assault and pointing an imitation assault rifle at a police officer on a street in London Colney, Hertfordshire. Officers were sent to the scene after he was seen walking in the town dressed in military clothing and carrying the realistic airgun. When he was tracked down by police, Lawrence crouched down and aimed the weapon at the officer's chest from a distance of only 10 feet. When police heard a popping sound they realised the weapon was an airgun and disarmed Lawrence using an incapacitant spray, he was arrested and the unloaded gun was seized. He was reported to be well-known in the area for wearing military clothing in public and to have been arrested while already on bail for punching an employee and stealing a can of cider from a shop in the town.
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About this information
This information is provided by the Infer Trust. It is compiled from media reports of incidents in England, Scotland and Wales. Northern Ireland has different gun legislation. We know the information is incomplete, though we believe nearly all of the most serious crimes are included.