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Scotland Mounts Breakaway Gun Summit, Demands Tougher Airgun Law
7 May 2008
BBC News
A summit meeting to discuss Scotland's gun laws has ended with calls for Westminster to take action to deal with the problem of air weapons in Scotland.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said he would be writing to the home secretary pressing for a tightening of the law.
Members of the police, gun control lobby and sport-shooting groups attended the Edinburgh meeting.
Mr MacAskill described the current law as "inadequate".
Speaking after the summit, which he... (GunPolicy.org)