Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Evening Standard
01-02-2010
Police in London have warned about a new wave of chaotic young armed robbers who are targeting shops, pubs and restaurants. The weapons they use range from imitation firearms to genuine handguns. The robberies represent a shift from attacks on cash-in-transit vans but the are harder to predict.
Watford Observer
01-02-2010
Lloyd Franklin purchased a stun gun on the internet from America. He claimed to have bought the weapon, which was disguised as a mobile phone, to protect himself because he feared moving to South Oxhey, Hertfordshire. The package, which was marked self defense was intercepted by customs officers. Franklin pleaded guilty to purchasing or acquiring a prohibited weapon and sentence was committed to the crown court.
BBC
30-01-2010
A man has been charged with drugs and firearms offences following a raid at an address in Ripley, Derbyshire.
BBC
30-01-2010
Four people, two teenage men and two teenage women, have been arrested after a firearm is was discharged from a vehicle near a private party in Bristol. It is understood that a shotgun was fired at a flat above a shop in Filton (Bristol Evening Post, 1 February 2010).
Daily Record
30-01-2010
A park manager is alleged to have brandished a shotgun at one of his workers at a country park near Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire. The allegation is one of a list of complaints upheld against him. He has, however, not been fired from his job.
Evening Telegraph (Northamptonshire)
30-01-2010
A man who was arrested in Rushden, Northamptonshire, for threatening behaviour towards his ex-partner claimed to have a firearm. Police could not confirm if a firearm had been found at the house.
Mirror
30-01-2010
Robert Tuck was caught with a revolver in his pocket after he started a drunken brawl with another passenger on a train in Exeter, Devon. He told police he was going to throw the gun away in a quarry in Cornwall. Police later found ammunition at his flat in Bristol. He admitted illegally possessing a firearm and has been jailed for five years.
Northern Echo
30-01-2010
Three men were arrested after cocaine and an air rifle were found during an operation when a vehicle was stopped in Darlington, County Durham.
BBC
30-01-2010
Two men, one armed with a handgun, forced the manager of a fast food restaurant in Reading, Berkshire, to open the doors before stealing cash from the tills. It is thought that hundreds of pounds were taken.
Harringey Independent
29-01-2010
Three men attempted to rob an office in Ponders End, north London, demanding staff hand over their wage packets. One employee suffered a minor head wound when a gun went off and another man was hit over the head with the gun. One man has been arrested and charged.
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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.