Gun Incidents in Great Britain
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Evening Star
07-09-2008
A diver found a sawn-off shotgun while he was helping to clear rubbish from the River Gipping in Ipswich. The gun was discovered in a rusty condition in some mud.
American Journal of Epidemiology
06-09-2008
Guns in the Home and Risk of a Violent Death in the Home: Findings from a National Study Data from a US mortality follow-back survey were analyzed to determine whether having a firearm in the home increases the risk of a violent death in the home and whether risk varies by storage practice, type of gun, or number of guns in the home. Those persons with guns in the home were at greater risk than those without guns in the home of dying from a homicide in the home (adjusted odds ratio = 1.9, 95% confidence interval: 1.1, 3.4). They were also at greater risk of dying from a firearm homicide, but risk varied by age and whether the person was living with others at the time of death. The risk of dying from a suicide in the home was greater for males in homes with guns than for males without guns in the home (adjusted odds ratio = 10.4, 95% confidence interval: 5.8, 18.9). Persons with guns in the home were also more likely to have died from suicide committed with a firearm than from one committed by using a different method (adjusted odds ratio = 31.1, 95% confidence interval: 19.5, 49.6). Results show that regardless of storage practice, type of gun, or number of firearms in the home, having a gun in the home was associated with an increased risk of firearm homicide and firearm suicide in the home.
BBC
06-09-2008
A man has been taken to hospital after he was shot in the back in Newtown, Birmingham. His condition was described as serious but not life threatening.
Burnham-On-Sea.com
06-09-2008
An airgun pellet was fired through a window at a store in Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset. The supermarket have played it down saying it was a very minor incident.
Liverpool Echo
06-09-2008
Five people were arrested in police raids after a number of incidents across Knowsley. In two of the incidents a shot was fired through the windscreen of a taxi and two men on a motorcycle opened fire into the air.
Worcester News
06-09-2008
Patrick Gaffiero from Headley Heath, Worcestershire, has been given an eight-month suspended prison sentence for keeping a pump-action shotgun. He had admitted keeping the gun without a licence and possessing a stun gun. He has been sentenced to 180 hours of unpaid work and made the subject of a two-year supervision requirement.
Norwich Evening News
05-09-2008
A cat is unlikely to fully recover despite have two major operations and skin grafts after being found near its home in Hellesdon, Norwich, with wounds in his side, presumably due to an airgun pellet.
BBC
05-09-2008
A female staff member was threatened with a gun during an attempted robbery at a bank in Dundee. No-one was injured and nothing was stolen.
Daily Mail
05-09-2008
A toddler was in hospital after being shot in the head with an air rifle by his father in Hayes, west London. The 2-year-old boy is believed to have been hit while playing in the family's garden as he ran out in front of his father, who was shooting targets. A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm. The boy was in a 'stable but non-life threatening' condition.
Norwich Evening News
05-09-2008
In the latest of a spate of airgun shootings in the Norwich area a bus was shot at with what is believed to have been an airgun while travelling along the Acle straight. Although the bus window did not smash, there were two small holes in it and two pellets were found in the vehicle.
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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.