Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Bolton News
01-10-2010
Louis Larsson has been jailed for five years for possessing firearm parts and reactivation equipment. The UK Border Agency had intercepted two parcels which had been sent from Canada and the USA and contained parts for a Colt self-loading pistol. Other gun parts were found at his home in Bolton, Greater Manchester. He admitted ordering the items and adapting previously deactivated Colt 45 semi-automatic pistols he had bought from a militaria shop in Portsmouth.
This is Gloucestershire
01-10-2010
A cat has been shot with a rifle in Conderton, Worcestershire. He was left with a large hole between his shoulder blades but came through an operation to repair the damage. His owner has suggested that poachers were to blame.
South Yorkshire Times
01-10-2010
A former racehorse was shot in the neck with an airgun in a field in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire. A pellet was lodged two inches deep into his mane.
Rye & Battle Observer
01-10-2010
A shop assistant was held at gunpoint and forced to hand over cash at a supermarket in St Leonards, East Sussex. Two men, one wielding a firearm, were involved in the raid.
Oxford Mail
01-10-2010
A cat is fighting for his life after being hit with 21 shotgun pellets in Cassington, Oxfordshire. He was found slumped by the back door and an examination and x-ray showed the pellets lodged inside his body and head and also revealed a fractured leg. Only six of the pellets could be removed but he is making a miraculous recovery (Oxford Mail, 16 October 2010).
Liverpool Echo
01-10-2010
Gunmen on motorbikes fired shots at a property in Bootle, Merseyside. No one was hurt but an upstairs window was damaged.
Harrow Observer
01-10-2010
A sawn-off shotgun, drugs and stolen property have been discovered during a series of police raids in Brent. The gun was found in Neasden, north west London.arrow
Grimsby Telegraph
01-10-2010
Jamie Short from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, has been given a three-year antisocial behaviour order after a string of convictions which included possessing an imitation firearm.
Evening Courier
01-10-2010
A cat which came home with a wound in his leg has had to be put down. The family pet had been shot with a pellet gun in Illingworth, West Yorkshire.
Epping Forst, Waltham Forest, Wanstead & Woodford Guardian
01-10-2010
A man needed 20 stitches after being shot in the face in Seven Kings, east London. Officers are trying to trace man seen carrying an air rifle.
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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.