Gun Incidents in Great Britain

Rochdale Observer

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Barry Fitzsimmons, a former British soldier accused of murdering two colleagues in Iraq, had pulled a gun on children while at his home in Rochdale, Lancashire.  In April 2009 he was convicted of a public order offence after he pulled a flare gun and fired it in the air.  Also, in November 2008, he had been given a suspended sentence for firearms offences after being found in possession of prohibited ammunition, believed to be 5.5mm tapered NATO issue bullets.

Eastern Daily Press

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Welwyn Hatfield Times

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Express

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Evening Courier

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Two men wearing Halloween masks, one of whom was thought to have been carrying a handgun robbed a bookmakers in Bradford.  Two female workers were left shaken but were uninjured.

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A shop worker at a Northampton holiday park was threatened by a robber who put a handgun to his head and said he would "blow his head off".  The victim was forced to hand over £150 before the robber ran off.

Liverpool Echo

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During drugs raids Merseyside Police officers arrested 11 people at addresses in Anfield, Maghull, Bootle, Kirkby and Norris Green on suspicion of committing a variety of offences including possession of a shotgun.

BBC

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Salim Razaq, a police officer from Walton-le-Dale, Lancashire, helped his gangster brother by hiding weapons and intimidating witnesses.  He pleaded guilty to perverting the course of justice, possessing firearms and ammunition and misconduct in a public office.  When his home was raided in March 2010 (see Incidents) a Sten machine gun and two Uzi machine guns were found hidden under the stairs.  Other items including 228 bullets were seized.  In the same case a prisoner, Louis Bamber, admitted possession of a firearm.

Peterborough Evening Telegraph

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Armed police were called to a house in Millfield, Peterborough, after a man threatened to shoot officers trying to arrest him.  He claimed to have firearms but none were found in the house after the man had been removed.

BBC News

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A 67-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm without a licence, and a 16-year-old and a 14-year-old were arrested on suspicion of stealing over 150 pheasants in a one-month period from farms in Faversham, Kent. They were arrested after police searched a number of a properties and recovered a rifle, a pistol, two airguns and a crossbow.