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 man burst into a house near Solihull, West Midlands, before threatening and robbing a family. He was armed with what police described as either a real or replica small handgun.
2010/10/29
Bolton News
A family in Deane, Greater Manchester, were threatened at gunpoint during a robbery at their home. Five men armed with a gun, a machete and an axe ransacked the house and stole jewellery and about £150,000.
2010/10/29
BBC
A man who was shot in the stomach on Merseyside, drove himself to hospital. His injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. The victim was not assisting the police with their inquiries.
2010/10/29
BBC
A man has been charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition without a certificate. The gun and ammunition were found during a police raid on a caravan in Hockwold, Norfolk, in August 2010.
2010/10/28
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard
Vincent Price, an ex-army marksman, fired an airgun six or seven times at a group of teenagers at Pool Keynes, Gloucestershire, in May 2010. He was angry they were swimming and disturbing his fishing. He admitted possessing a firearm and affray. He was given a suspended 50 week jail sentence and a two year community order with a condition that he underwent an anger management course.
2010/10/28
Northern Echo
Two cats have been shot with an air rifle in County Durham. Both pets were seriously injured. One was left partially blind and was lucky to survive after being shot in Tudhoe Village, and the other cat was shot in the chest in Ferryhill.
2010/10/28
BBC
A 17-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear after police were called to a domestic dispute in Marston, Oxfordshire. It was reported that a firearm had been seen. The firearm turned out to be an air rifle.
2010/10/27
South Wales Echo
Simon Pittman has admitted robbery and having an imitation firearm after he held up a betting shop in Trecynon, Mid Glamorgan, in September 2010 (see Incidents). The weapon was a Magnum BB gun which he pulled from a pillowcase and cocked in front of two workers. He has been jailed for five and a half years. The judge comments that "It's difficult for someone to imagine the degree of fear created by your actions".
2010/10/27
Nottingham Post
A female security guard was attacked during an attempted armed robbery on a post office van in Sherwood Rise, Nottingham. The two men involved were believed to have been armed with firearms but failed to steal any money before making off in a car. The victim sustained injuries when one of the weapons was fired but these were not serious (BBC, 27 October 2010). Four men have been arrested in connection with this and a robbery in Wollaton (see below) (Nottingham Post, 10 November 2010).
2010/10/27
Harrow Observer
Two teenagers were being questioned by police after they were stopped in Brent, north west London, and one of them was found to be carrying a replica Glock handgun loaded with blanks.
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