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 day-old lamb was killed with an airgun on a farm in Clyst St Mary, Devon.
2008/3/13
BBC
Three men have appeared in court accused of killing 29 swans. The birds, all shot, were found buried in a freshly dug pit at Radwell Lake, Bedfordshire, in October 2007. The lake was purpose-built for legal shoots by two of the men. The men were all charged under the Wildlife and Countryside Act with intentional killing of mute swans. One of the men denied charges of possession of a rifle and ammunition and failing to comply with a condition on his firearms certificate.
2008/3/13
BBC
A cat required surgery after being shot with a suspected airgun pellet in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
2008/3/12
BBC
Three firearms and a quantity of ammunition were seized during a drugs operation by police in Bradford which resulted in 59 people being charged with a total of 287 offences of supplying Class A drugs.
2008/3/12
BBC
A shotgun was among items found in the mud at the bottom of the Bude Canal in Cornwall during engineering work. The weapon was taken away by the police.
2008/3/12
BBC
Two ball-bearing guns were discovered in a delivery of waste paper sent for disposal at a recycling plant in Avonmouth. The paper had been collected from several police stations.
2008/3/12
BBC
Police believe that two attempted armed robberies at different branches of the same bank in Surrey are linked. The first in East Horsley took place during a cash delivery: staff told them they did not have access to the safe. A day later two men entered the Ashtead branch but the robbers again left empty handed after a worker managed to press an alarm button.
2008/3/12
BBC
Two female staff were left badly shaken after two men threatened them with what appeared to be a firearm during a robbery at a bookmakers in Glasgow.
2008/3/11
Whitby Gazette
A woman visitor was apparently shot with an airgun as she was walking along Lifeboat Quay in Whitby. She was not injured but was shocked. The shooting caused £60 of damage to the jacket she was wearing.
2008/3/11
Welwyn & Hatfield Times
A man has been charged with possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and possessing a firearm. This followed reports of gunshots being fired in an area in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Twenty police officers were called to the scene.
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