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 taxi driver was threatened at gunpoint in Walsall, West Midlands, by his passenger and two other men who got into the back seat as he discussed the fare. The men stole his car.
2011/1/30
Northumberland Gazette
Andrew Rutherford shot himself with a rifle which belonged to his father, a registered firearms holder. Rutherford, who injured himself in the lower jaw in the process, was living with his father in Harbottle, Northumberland, at the time of the incident in June 2010. He has pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm without a certificate. He had been drinking alcohol which his father also kept in the locked firearms cabinet. The judge has imposed an 18-month conditional discharge (The Journal, 26 February 2011).
2011/1/29
Scunthorpe Telegraph
Darren Parfitt and his brother Paul, together with an accomplice, raided a post office in Owston Ferry, Lincolnshire, in March 2010 (see Incidents). They were brandishing sawn-off shotguns and demanded money from the postmistress. Police discovered 78 shotgun cartridges and a sawn-off shotgun in the house of Darren Parfitt. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of robbery and two counts of possessing a firearm with intent. Paul Parfitt, who was the getaway driver, was sentenced to four years and eight months.
2011/1/29
Knutsford Guardian
A man from Mobberley, Cheshire, shot himself with a shotgun at his home in August 2010. He had been suffering from depression and anxiety. He had a shotgun as he enjoyed clay pigeon shooting. The deputy coroner described the gun as an "awful weapon" and recorded a verdict that he took his own life while the balance of his mind was disturbed.
2011/1/29
The Journal
A man was shot as he walked through the front door of his house in Dumpling Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne. Two 17-year-olds were helping police with their inquiries. A man has also been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent (BBC, 8 February 2011).
2011/1/29
Hastings Observer
A 17-year-old used a fake gun during a raid at a shop in St Leonards, East Sussex, in September 2010. He forced the shop assistant to hand over more than £300 in cash. He has been jailed for more than two years after pleading guilty to all the charges.
2011/1/29
Evening News
Two men made off with a three-figure sum of cash after brandishing a handgun at the owner of a shop in Edinburgh. A man is due to appear in court charged in connection with the incident (stv, 2 March 2011).
2011/1/29
Cambridge News
Armed police surrounded a home in Cambridge during a raid after they were issued with a warrant under the Firearms Act to enter the flat following intelligence. Nothing was found and no further action will be taken.
2011/1/29
The Argus
A three-inch toy gun which was part of an action figure bought on a visit to the Royal Signals Museum caused a security alert at Gatwick Airport. A woman, who had bought it as a present, had to hand it over when security officials found it during a scan.
2011/1/28
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Three men armed with a machete, Samurai sword and possibly a gun confronted a young man outside his home near Marsden, West Yorkshire. They demanded the keys to a car but the would-be robbers fled empty-handed.
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