11-03-2023, 09:18 AM
Lizzie Dearden
Sat, 11 March 2023 at 5:35 am SGT·5-min read
Britain’s gun laws “need root and branch reform” to protect the public, the government has been warned after the Plymouth shooting.
Inquests into the deaths of five victims murdered by Jake Davison in August 2021 revealed that police allowed him to keep a shotgun despite previous violent attacks and an interest in incel culture.
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Almost 540,000 people are licensed to own a gun in England and Wales, with 522,627 shotgun certificates and 151,218 firearm certificates issued.
Legally held guns have been used in a series of murders
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Devon and Cornwall Police chief constable Will Kerr had also called for the Firearms Act to be rewritten so that a licence “shall not be granted” unless the applicant has satisfied the police that they are safe to hold a gun.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/britain-firear...36197.html
Sat, 11 March 2023 at 5:35 am SGT·5-min read
Britain’s gun laws “need root and branch reform” to protect the public, the government has been warned after the Plymouth shooting.
Inquests into the deaths of five victims murdered by Jake Davison in August 2021 revealed that police allowed him to keep a shotgun despite previous violent attacks and an interest in incel culture.
......
Almost 540,000 people are licensed to own a gun in England and Wales, with 522,627 shotgun certificates and 151,218 firearm certificates issued.
Legally held guns have been used in a series of murders
......
Devon and Cornwall Police chief constable Will Kerr had also called for the Firearms Act to be rewritten so that a licence “shall not be granted” unless the applicant has satisfied the police that they are safe to hold a gun.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/britain-firear...36197.html