News & Reviews


April 2023 Review


by Gun Control Network on 11-05-2023

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 2022 – March 2023


by Gun Control Network on 09-04-2023

GCN monitors FATAL GUN INCIDENTS in Great Britain and compiles a list that summarises the available information.... read more


March 2023 Review


by Gun Control Network on 16-04-2023

  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 2023 Review


by Gun Control Network on 10-03-2023

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 2023 Review


by Gun Control Network on 22-02-2023

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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 09-01-2023

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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 23-12-2022

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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 14-11-2022

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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 10-10-2022

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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 16-09-2022

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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 14-08-2022

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


Interview of Peter Squires by Danielle Perry on BBC Sussex Radio, 17 August 2022


by Gun Control Network on 25-08-2022

Danielle Perry: With me now is Peter Squires, Professor of Criminology and Public Policy at the University of Brighton.... read more


June 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 12-07-2022

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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 20-06-2022

  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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 13-05-2022

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 2021 – March 2022


by Gun Control Network on 05-04-2022

SUMMARY OF FATAL GUN INCIDENTS April 2021 — March 2022 GCN monitors FATAL GUN INCIDENTS in Great Britain and compiles a list that summarises the available information.... read more


March 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 16-04-2022

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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 17-03-2022

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 2022 Review


by Gun Control Network on 30-11--0001

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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 14-01-2022

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


Manifesto for gun licensing reform


by Gun Control Network on 22-08-2021

This manifesto is based on three premises:  The more guns there are in circulation, the more they will be misused.... read more


November 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 20-12-2021

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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 16-11-2021

  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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 15-10-2021

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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 30-11--0001

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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 09-08-2021

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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 16-07-2021

  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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 16-06-2021

 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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 14-05-2021

  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 2020 — March 2021


by Gun Control Network on 30-11--0001

Summary of Fatal Gun Incidents -  April 2020 — March 2021 GCN monitors FATAL GUN INCIDENTS in Great Britain and compiles a list that summarises the available information.... read more


March 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 22-04-2021

  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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 10-03-2021

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 2021 Review


by Gun Control Network on 15-02-2021

  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 2020 Review


by Gun Control Network on 11-01-2021

  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 2020 Review


by Gun Control Network on 18-12-2020

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


October 2020 Review


by Gun Control Network on 10-11-2020

  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


September 2020 Review


by Gun Control Network on 14-10-2020

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


August 2020 Review


by Gun Control Network on 16-09-2020

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


July 2020 Review


by Gun Control Network on 11-08-2020

 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


June 2020 Review


by Gun Control Network on 15-07-2020

  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


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


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


Summary of Fatal Gun Incidents April 2019 – March 2020


by Gun Control Network on 07-10-2021

Summary Of Fatal Gun Incidents April 2019 — March 2020 GCN monitors FATAL GUN INCIDENTS in Great Britain and compiles a list that summarises the available information.... 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


Summary of Fatal Gun Incidents April 2019 - March 2020


by on 30-11--0001

GCN monitors FATAL GUN INCIDENTS in Great Britain and compiles a list that summarises the available information.... read more


Contrasting reactions to shootings in Texas and Serbia

Gun Control Network offers heartfelt sympathy and support to all those affected by the recent shootings in Texas and Serbia.

 

In contrast to the 'thoughts and prayers' offered by Republican politicians in the US, Serbia's president has proposed immediate changes to the country's gun laws. 

 

Tough gun laws in Great Britain mean such incidents are rare here. We continue to work to keep it that way.

  

Follow us @UKGunControlNwrk.

Click here to see 'Manifesto for Gun Licensing Reform' 

 Click here to see Press Release 'Guns in Plymouth Create Heartbreak and Havoc'