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.
In January 2008 (see Incidents) Adam Greener was armed with a silver revolver when he got into a woman's car in Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, and tried to snatch her handbag. He was under the influence of drugs at the time. He pleaded guilty to attempting to rob and possessing a firearm or imitation firearm with intent to commit robbery. It has still to be confirmed whether the weapon was an imitation or a real firearm. He faces five years in prison if he was in possession of a prohibited weapon.
2008/3/11
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle)
Armed police mounted a high-security operation which involved surrounding a car on the A696 near Ponteland, Northumberland. A man was arrested and remains in custody helping the police with their inquiries regarding firearms and other offences.
2008/3/11
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle)
A pellet-firing replica gun was among weapons bought by a 12-year-old schoolboy at a market stall in the MetroCentre shopping centre in Gateshead. His shocked family have complained, and bosses of the centre have confirmed that the stallholder will be kicked-out of the mall.
2008/3/11
Daily Express
One of the police bodyguards to the Duchess of Cornwall is understood to have shot and killed himself with his own shotgun. He was found dead at his cottage in Bremhill, Wiltshire.
2008/3/11
BBC
A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 19-year-old man was shot with a pellet gun in the Broomhall area of Sheffield.
2008/3/11
BBC
Four masked raiders armed with a Taser gun smashed windows in a bank in Mildenhall, Suffolk, and threatened two security guards before stealing a quantity of cash. A number of men have been convicted of this and other raids across East Anglia (see January 2011 Incidents).
2008/3/11
BBC
Police seized a stun gun disguised as a mobile phone in the Hyson Green area of Nottingham. Two men have been charged in connection with the incident, one with aggravated burglary of a business and possessing an offensive weapon, the other with burglary, possessing an imitation firearm, dangerous driving, possessing drugs and driving without insurance.
2008/3/11
Pupils make anti gun DVD
Avon and Somerset Constabulary. Firearms Officers make a short film with pupils of Fairfield High School Bristol.
2008/3/10
Norwich Evening News
A cashier in a supermarket in Hellesdon, Norwich, was threatened by an armed robber who pointed a gun in her face. She was ordered to hand over cash from the till but managed to get away and the robber escaped empty-handed. A man has admitted attempted robbery and possession of an imitation firearm (see July incidents)
2008/3/10
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
A gardener found a gun in a hedge outside the newspapers' building in Northampton. The weapon was believed to be a BB gun.
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