News & Reviews
May 2020 Review
by Gun Control Network on 15-06-2020
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
Summary of Fatal Gun Incidents April 2019 – March 2020
by Gun Control Network on 23-04-2020
GCN monitors FATAL GUN INCIDENTS in Great Britain and compiles a list that summarises the available information.... read more
April 2020 Review
by Gun Control Network on 13-05-2020
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
March 2020 Review
by Gun Control Network on 15-04-2020
GCN collects data on gun incidents and related sentences, inquests and investigations in England, Scotland, and Wales as reported in the British media.... read more
February 2020 Review
by Gun Control Network on 22-03-2020
GCN collects data on gun incidents and related sentences, inquests and investigations in England, Scotland, and Wales as reported in the British media.... read more
January 2020 Review
by Gun Control Network on 11-02-2020
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
December 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 13-01-2020
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
November 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 10-12-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
October 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 13-11-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
September 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 17-10-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
August 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 02-10-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
July 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 26-08-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
June 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 26-08-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
May 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 26-08-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
April 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 25-08-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
Summary of Fatal Gun Incidents April 2018 - March 2019
by Gun Control Network on 21-10-2019
GCN monitors FATAL GUN INCIDENTS in Great Britain and compiles a list that summarises the available information.... read more
March 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 13-04-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
February 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 11-03-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
January 2019 Review
by Gun Control Network on 25-02-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
December 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 11-01-2019
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
November 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 17-12-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
October 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 17-11-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
September 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 11-10-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
August 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 18-09-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
July 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 10-08-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
June 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 23-07-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
May 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 16-06-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
April 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 16-05-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
Summary of Fatal Gun Incidents April 2017 – March 2018
by Gun Control Network on 30-11--0001
GCN monitors FATAL GUN INCIDENTS in Great Britain and compiles a list that summarises the available information.... read more
March 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 16-04-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
February 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 23-03-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
January 2018 Review
by Gun Control Network on 19-02-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
December 2017 Review
by Gun Control Network on 08-01-2018
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services and attitudes to guns.... read more
November 2017 Review
by Gun Control Network on 19-12-2017
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
October 2017 Review
by Gun Control Network on 16-11-2017
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
September 2017 Review
by Gun Control Network on 18-10-2017
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
August 2017 Review
by Gun Control Network on 13-09-2017
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
July 2017 Review
by Gun Control Network on 19-08-2017
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
June 2017 Review
by Gun Control Network on 20-07-2017
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
May 2017 Review
by Gun Control Network on 07-06-2017
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
January 2017 Review
by Gun Control Network on 01-03-2017
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
December 2016 Review
by Gun Control Network on 01-02-2017
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
October 2016 Review
by Gun Control Network on 17-11-2016
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
September 2016 Review
by Gun Control Network on 12-10-2016
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
GCN extends sympathy and support for victims of recent shootings
by Gun Control Network on 19-06-2016
Gun Control Network extends sympathy and support to the victims families and friends of all those who have been killed, injured, or suffered as a result of the gun violence in Florida, USA and Yorkshire, UK over recent days.... read more
May 2016 Review
by Gun Control Network on 15-06-2016
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
Research shows rise in fatal airgun attacks on cats
by Gun Control Network on 30-05-2016
Research by charity Cats Protection, as reported by the Uttoxeter Advertiser, has shown a rise in the number of fatal airgun attacks on cats in the Midlands.... read more
April 2016 Review
by Gun Control Network on 29-05-2016
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
Ben Wragge, aged 13, died 1 May 2016
by Gun Control Network on 01-05-2016
Gun Control Network, and the families of other children killed in airgun incidents, send sympathy and support to the family and friends of 13-year-old Ben Wragge who died after being shot with an airgun in Thurston, Suffolk on Sunday 1 May 2016.... read more
Freedom of Information request highlights 25% increase in police Taser use on children
by Gun Control Network on 19-04-2016
A recent Freedom of Information request reported by the Daily and Sunday Express has highlighted a significant increase in police Taser use on under-18s in the UK in the last calendar year.... read more
March 2016 Review
by Gun Control Network on 13-04-2016
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
20th Anniversary of the Dunblane Massacre
by Gun Control Network on 25-03-2016
The recent 20th Anniversary of the Dunblane Massacre prompted a number of media comments on the tragedy's legacy and the positive contribution to public safety of the subsequent handgun ban: The Huffington Post The Guardian (editorial) Daily Record and Sunday Mail The Guardian NBC News .... read more
What Do We Know About the Association Between Firearm Legislation and Firearm-Related Injuries?
by Gun Control Network on 03-03-2016
A recently published systematic review of 130 research studies from 10 countries by Santaella-Tenorio et al.... read more
Gun Deaths in U.S. Remain Highest Among High-Income Nations
by Gun Control Network on 17-02-2016
Elsevier Press Release (01-02-2016): Americans are ten times more likely to die from firearms than citizens of other developed countries, according to new report published in The American Journal of Medicine Gun deaths are a serious public health issue in the United States and the scope of the problem is often difficult to illustrate.... read more
January 2016 Review
by Gun Control Network on 15-02-2016
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
October 2015 Review
by Gun Control Network on 01-11-2015
GCN is committed to preventing gun violence and we work to pursue that objective through changes to the legal system, public services, and attitudes to guns.... read more
Airgun crimes in Staffordshire increase by 25% in 2014-15
by Gun Control Network on 24-10-2015
Airgun crime in Staffordshire increased by 25% in 2014-15, according to a report published in the Express and Star as a result of figures released in a Freedom of Information request.... read more
September 2015 Review
by Gun Control Network on 01-10-2015
Gun Deaths We are aware of at least three gun deaths in September 2015: A soldier in his 20s has been found dead from what are believed to be self-inflicted gunshot wounds from his own, presumed legally held, gun at his barracks in Bicester, Oxfordshire.... read more
August 2015 Review
by Gun Control Network on 01-09-2015
Gun Deaths We are aware of at least three gun deaths in August 2015: A 43-year-old man was shot dead by police in north London.... read more
July 2015 Review
by Gun Control Network on 07-10-2015
See July Incidents and July Sentences for the full lists.... read more
June 2015 Review
by Gun Control Network on 30-06-2015
See June Incidents / June Sentences for the full lists.... read more
Gun Control Network sends sympathy and support to all the people affected by the recent mass shooting in Nova Scotia, Canada
Gun Control Network sends sympathy and support to all the people affected
by the recent mass shooting in Nova Scotia, Canada; those directly involved, and those bereaved, and everyone who has been traumatised by witnessing the tragic events. We are appalled that yet another gunman has been able to claim the lives of so many innocent victims.
After a mass shooting in New Zealand in March 2019, their Government immediately took important steps to ban military-style semi-automatic
weapons. Following the tragic events in Nova Scotia, the Canadian Government has already pledged to do the same.
Here in the UK many people might think we have already banned these weapons - but this is not so. The Government must not wait for a tragedy of our own before taking action to ban all Mass Casualty Weapons.