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Victory for Dead Boy's Parents as Britain Allows Scotland to Ban Airguns
30 November 2009
Sunday Mail (Scotland)
MSPs will be given the power to ban deadly airguns, we can reveal today.
Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy has secured an agreement to transfer authority over the weapons from Westminster to Edinburgh.
It means a ban — which has all-party support at Holyrood — is now almost certain.
The deal is a massive victory for the parents of tragic toddler Andrew Morton.
Sharon and Andy Morton have campaigned relentlessly for the ban since Andrew, two, was gunned down four... (GunPolicy.org)