UK Gun Control Network

UK Gun Control Network. Campaigning for progressively tighter controls on guns in the UK.

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

26 firearm reports this week, including a woman killed in Sheffield and a man killed in Middlesbrough. GCN campaigns to reduce the availability of guns of all kinds - more guns means more gun deaths.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
Our summaries:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

22 firearm reports this week, including two men shot and critically injured in Prescot. GCN offers sympathy to all those affected and campaigns to reduce the availability of guns of all kinds.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp
@LFarnz @Keir_Starmer
Our summaries:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

21 firearm reports this week, including a man shot and seriously injured in Coventry. GCN continues to campaign for tighter gun control and #fewerguns
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz

Read all our summaries and learn more here:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

In April, we noted 107 firearm reports in GB, including 12 of animals being injured or killed, mainly with airguns. Victims included a hedgehog, pigeons and cats. Time to license these lethal weapons in Eng & Wales, as in Scotland.
@LabourSJ
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[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

21 firearm reports this week, including a shotgun seized in Stafford that had been stolen during a burglary. A ‘good reason’ to have a shotgun should be redefined to limit the number of guns someone can hold. Current average is 4
@LabourSJ
Our summaries:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

Last week we noted 29 gun reports, including a man who shot himself with his legally-held shotgun. HIs wife has called for a law change, making it mandatory for GPs to alert police when firearm owners fall into mental health crisis.
@LabourSJ
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[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

25 firearm reports this week including 7 involving an armed police response. We believe the interests of public safety demands a reduction in the availability and attractiveness of guns of all kinds. Follow the link to learn more
@helenmaguiremp @LabourSJ
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

This week we noted 22 firearm reports, including a man, cats and pigeons shot with airguns. Airguns are cheap, accessible and lethal. Licensed in Scotland, why not in Eng & Wales?
@helenmaguiremp @LFarnz @LabourSJ
Read all our summaries:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

In March, we noted 109 firearm reports in GB, including 46 incidents involving physical injury and/or threat. GCN offers sympathy to all those affected and campaigns to reduce the availability of guns of all kinds.
@Keir_Starmer @LabourSJ
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[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

Shockingly, five of the 22 firearm reports noted this week involved teenage victims. At least one boy suffered serious injuries. GCN continues to campaign for tighter gun control and #fewerguns
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
Read more here:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

This week we noted 31 firearm reports, including a teenage boy shot dead in Woolwich. GCN offers sympathy to all those affected and continues to campaign for tighter gun control and #fewerguns
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
Read all our summaries:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

This week we noted 23 firearm reports, including a man shot dead in London. GCN offers sympathy to all those affected and continues to campaign for tighter gun control and #fewerguns
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
Our summaries:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

18 firearm reports this week, including 2 cats shot with an airgun in Birkenhead. One cat suffered a ruptured stomach and was put to sleep. Airguns are cheap, accessible and lethal. Licensed in Scotland, why not in Eng & Wales?
@LabourSJ
Our summaries:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[Wild Justice @WildJustice_org]

Great news for Woodcock! After our campaigning, the shooting season for Woodcock is proposed to be shortened!

On Monday we heard the news that the government are proposing changes to Schedule 2.1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, affecting 9 species of birds...
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[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

This week we noted 27 firearm reports, including a man threatening to shoot a taxi driver with an Airsoft pistol. Criminals banned from owning guns can still buy these realistic imitations - that needs to change.
@LabourSJ @LFarnz
Our summaries:
https://t.co/Czts10gPKO

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

'Snowdrops for the Bairns'', an award-winning film on the campaign to ban handguns after the Dunblane school shooting in 1996, is showing at Macrobert Arts Centre, University of Stirling, 2.30pm on 21-3-26 - how UK children were saved from America’s fate.
https://t.co/iKKQD6iiAD

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

In February we noted 97 firearm reports in GB, including a retired gamekeeper, and former gun licence holder, accessing a shotgun to fatally shoot an ex-colleague in Pitilie. Time to move shotguns into Section 1
@Keir_Starmer @LabourSJ @LukePollard
https://t.co/TolYS1KJEy

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

Shotguns are the primary licensed gun risk to public safety. The law needs to recognise this by moving them into Section 1 where they will be more appropriately controlled.
@Keir_Starmer @ShabanaMahmood @LabourSJ @LukePollard

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[Caroline&John @Sports_Authors]

@UKGunControlNwk 30 years ago today, a gun man walked into Dunblane primary and shot dead 16 children and their teacher

I was 8 months pregnant at the time and already had the unconditional love for my baby. It affectedly me badly. DUNBLANE SNOWDROPS

[UK Gun Control Network @UKGunControlNwk]

In the week we mark the 30th anniversary of the Dunblane shootings and the subsequent handgun ban, we noted 26 firearm reports. GCN campaigns for #fewerguns and vigilance on emerging threats, including shotguns and 3D-printed and converted firearms.

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