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.
Kevin Mahoney from Neath pleaded guilty to having in his possession a Belgian single-barrel shotgun without a certificate. He also admitted selling it to 19-year-old Samuel Grant, The son of his friend, who was not a registered firearms dealer and did not have a firearms licence. Grant said he was under the impression he was buying an air rifle. Grant was given a 12-month community order and ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work. Mahoney was jailed for two months.
2009/7/24
BBC
A woman has been shot with an airgun pellet as she was walking at Ardcroy, Inverness-shire. She was not seriously injured. Police officers wish to speak to a group of youths seen nearby at the time.
2009/7/23
BBC
A 12-bore Sarasqueta side by side shotgun was stolen during a burglary at a property in Fishtoft, Lincolnshire.
2009/7/23
The Star
The home of a 90-year-old man in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, has been targeted by someone with a high velocity air rifle. A window was broken. Windows in neighbouring properties have also been broken recently.
2009/7/23
Thameside Advertiser
A security guard at a bank in Hyde, Greater Manchester, foiled three men armed with guns by locking himself inside. The gang made off empty-handed.
2009/7/23
West Sussex Gazette
A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault and making threats to kill after sparking a police alert in Worthing, Sussex. There were reports that a man had a gun in what police described as a "domestic incident".
2009/7/23
BBC
A man was shot in the arm in Croxteth, Merseyside. Two men on a scrambler bike were seen riding away from the scene. An 18-year-old has been arrested.
2009/7/23
BBC
One of three men accused of killing a teenager and attempting to kill another man in a drive-by shooting in Paisley in August 2007 (see Incidents) has been cleared of murder and attempted murder. John Burke has pleaded guilty to possessing two firearms and ammunition without a licence at a flat in Glasgow. Anthony Collins has now been found guilty of taking part in the murder and attempting to murder the other man who was the intended target of the shooting. Collins has been jailed for life and must serve at least 20 years before being eligible for parole (BBC, 26 August 2009). Burke has been jailed for eight years (Sun, 27 August 2009)
2009/7/23
Hartlepool Mail
An 18-year-old man has been charged after a taxi driver was robbed at gunpoint in Hartlepool. Detectives recovered a ball-bearing gun at the scene. A teenager has been sent to an institution for young offenders after admitting robbery and possessing an imitation firearm (see November 2009 Incidents).
2009/7/23
Hamilton Advertiser
Andrew Gallacher was armed with an imitation pistol, which appeared to be a black handgun, when he asked a customer at a bookmakers in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, if there was anyone inside. An armed response unit was called out during the incident in September 2008. Gallacher has admitted a breach of the peace and placing people in a state of fear and alarm. He has been ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid work (Hamilton Advertiser, 3 September 2009).
SELECT * FROM inferdb.content WHERE concat(',',replace(content_issue_id,' ',''),',') LIKE '%,%,%'AND concat(',',replace(content_issue_id,' ',''),',') LIKE '%,%,%'AND concat(',',replace(content_issue_id,' ',''),',') LIKE '%,%,%'AND concat(',',replace(content_issue_id,' ',''),',') LIKE '%,%,%' ORDER BY content_date DESC
