The Infer Trust makes every effort to record and categorise the firearms incidents reported in the UK but we recognise that it is not a complete record.
If you are aware of a gun incident which is not listed please notify us. You can do this by either sending us the link for an on line report, or a hard copy of a press article to our address.
A shotgun and spent cartridges were found inside a
vehicle during a police search of the area after shots were fired at a house in
Kensington,
Liverpool
, Merseyside. No one was injured.
2014/8/16
Sunderland Echo
Ross Crichton, 23,
has been sentenced to two years in jail for
possession of
a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence. He
fired a .22 air rifle at a woman’s bedroom window as she cowered behind the
curtain in at her home in
Sunderland,
Tyne and Wear.
2014/8/15
Royal Sutton Coldfield Observer
Police are investigating a bank robbery in Sutton Coldfield,
West Midlands. In the incident the robbers threatened staff with a gun although
it was never seen.
2014/8/15
The Shields Gazette
John Buckley, 34, was jailed for eight weeks for threatening
to arm himself with a gun to attack his ex-wife in an incident at his house in
Hebburn, Tyne and Wear.
2014/8/15
Cumberland and Westmorland Herald
John Lisle, a 55-year-old red squirrel ranger, has
been convicted of breaching a firearms certificate after his pick-up vehicle,
containing his shotgun and ammunition, was
stolen from outside his home
in Melmerby
, Cumbria.
2014/8/15
Liverpool Echo
A man was arrested after police responded to reports of a
man being in possession of a gun in
Fazakerley, Merseyside. No gun was found.
2014/8/14
Kent Online
A man was arrested after being seen carrying firearms,
believed to be a rifle and a pistol, in the
centre of Canterbury, Kent.
2014/8/14
The Bolton News
A man from Little Lever, Greater Manchester, reportedly seen
walking along the road with a firearm has been charged with making and
possessing a sawn off shotgun.
2014/8/14
The Telegraph and Argus
Two men attempted to threaten a shopkeeper in a convenience
store in Bradford, West Yorkshire with a handgun. They went away empty handed
when the shopkeeper treated the robbery as a prank.
2014/8/14
Manchester Evening News
Two men were arrested after a gun was fired on a street in
Failsworth, Greater Manchester during an incident involving a gang banging on
the front door of a house and smashing up a vehicle.
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