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Angleterre et pays de Galles
UK Boy Shot in Face With Illegal Gun, By Eight-Year-Old
5 November 2013
BBC News
A five-year-old child was shot in the face by an eight-year-old boy, police have confirmed.
The boy is at the Royal London Hospital with a serious, but not life-threatening, face injury.
Police said the shooting at the house in Upper Park Road in Wickford, Essex, involved an illegally-held weapon.
An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm and drug offences. He has been released on police bail until 6 January.
A police spokeswoman said the... (GunPolicy.org)
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Danemark,Finlande,Pays-Bas,Suisse,Allemagne,Europe,États-Unis,France,Israël,Espagne,Autriche,Angleterre et pays de Galles,Union Européenne
Authorities Worry 3-D Printers May Undermine Europe's Gun Laws
17 October 2013
New York Times
PARIS — The gun fired four shots into a gelatin block. Each nine-millimeter bullet punched deep into the substance, which was meant to mimic the density of a human body.
For the experts at the Austrian Interior Ministry performing the test, it was a clear sign: This was a deadly weapon.
But it was no ordinary gun. The officials had downloaded the gun's digital blueprints from the Internet and "printed" the weapon on a type of 3-D printer that any person could buy... (GunPolicy.org)
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Angleterre et pays de Galles
UK Region Launches First Firearms Amnesty in Decade
21 September 2013
BBC News
Leicestershire Police has launched its first firearms amnesty in 10 years.
The force is asking for people to surrender unlawfully held guns and ammunition to help avoid them "getting into the wrong hands".
Officers said many firearms were held in innocence and ignorance of their illegality or were overlooked and forgotten in people's homes.
Ch Insp Chris Brown said there had only been one death this year from a firearm but it was still "one death too many".
"We want... (GunPolicy.org)
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Royaume-Uni,Pays-Bas,Suisse,Finlande,Afrique du Sud,Angleterre et pays de Galles,Japon,États-Unis
Around the World, Gun Ownership and Firearms Deaths Go Together
18 September 2013
National Public Radio (USA), Blog
A study on guns, violence and mental health, long scheduled to be published this week, finds that gun ownership is a bigger factor than mental illness when it comes to firearms deaths. But the data suggest that both play roles.
Earlier research has found that places with high rates of gun ownership have more firearms deaths, but critics of those findings say that it could be that people living in dangerous places are apt to buy firearms to protect themselves.
And the... (GunPolicy.org)
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Écosse,Angleterre et pays de Galles
Domestic Abusers Facing Gun Ban in UK
31 July 2013
BBC News
People with a history of domestic violence should be prevented from having guns, says the Home Office.
Police in England, Wales and Scotland should review a person's suitability to keep firearms after every domestic violence incident, ministers say.
Police have also been told to ask family members confidentially if they have concerns about an applicant.
The change comes after a man from County Durham shot three members of his family and then himself in... (GunPolicy.org)
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Angleterre et pays de Galles
British Man Accuses MPs of Inaction Over New Gun Law
16 July 2013
BBC News
A man whose mother, sister and aunt were killed by a gunman, has criticised ministers for rejecting calls to ban people with violent pasts owning guns.
Policing Minister Damian Green said the government would instead issue "tough new guidelines" to police forces on how they should license firearms.
Michael Atherton shot his partner Susan McGoldrick, her sister Alison Turnbull and her daughter Tanya at his home.
Bobby Turnbull accused the government of "pussy-footing... (GunPolicy.org)
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Nigeria,Chine,Angleterre et pays de Galles
UK Judge Orders Almost 13,000 Guns Destroyed in Arms Dealer Case
2 July 2013
York Press
A judge has ordered the destruction of nearly 13,000 AK47 rifles associated with jailed York arms dealer Gary Hyde – after turning down a request for them to be deactivated for use in films.
Former special constable Hyde, 42, was jailed for seven years last December for overseeing an £800,000 consignment of rifles, 9mm pistols, rifles and bullets, from China to Nigeria in 2007.
The businessman, from Newton-on-Derwent, east of York, "put two fingers up" to strict... (GunPolicy.org)
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Angleterre et pays de Galles
UK Regional Police Force Admits Gun Registry Bungle
27 June 2013
Daily Mail (UK)
A police force has had to write to thousands of firearms licence holders after admitting they are unsure where they are living and what guns they own.
It has been revealed that a member of staff from South Yorkshire Police's firearms licensing team had been wrongly recording details or not recording them at all.
Following the bungle South Yorkshire Police have been forced to write to 9,000 licence holders for them to confirm their details, and double check they have... (GunPolicy.org)
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Angleterre et pays de Galles
English Police Call for Gun Licensing Change After Shooting
14 June 2013
BBC News
The police watchdog has called for the same rules to be applied when licensing shotguns and firearms, following the shooting of three women.
The IPCC outlined a number of national recommendations in its report into the shooting at a house in County Durham.
Michael Atherton legally owned both shotguns and firearms despite a history of domestic violence.
The 44-year-old shot himself following the shootings in Horden on New Year's Day last year.
Susan McGoldrick, who... (GunPolicy.org)
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