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.
Police sealed off several streets in East End Park in Leeds after reports of a gunshot. One local resident described hearing a "very loud bang".
2008/3/5
Bolton News
One shop owner in Bolton surrendered 48 imitation weapons, including a fake MP5 machine gun with laser sights, when police raided the shop following a tip off from a member of the public. At another premises six ball bearing guns were removed. The raids were part of Operation Peregrine which aims to ensure that traders are complying with the legislation implemented in October 2007 which made it illegal to sell imitation or BB guns.
2008/3/5
BBC
Staff at a post office in Brentwood, Essex, were held at gunpoint by a robber armed with a small gun. The staff handed over what police described as a "four-figure sum".
2008/3/5
BBC
A man carrying what appeared to be a handgun attempted to rob a bank in the centre of Ledbury, Herefordshire. The cashier managed to raise the alarm and the man escaped without any cash.
2008/3/5
BBC
An off-duty police officer foiled a robber who held up a bank in Brighton with what he said was a gun. The man was taken into custody after the policewoman spotted him about to get on a bus with dye leaking out of his pocket.
2008/3/5
South Wales Echo
A security guard was left traumatised when Ajad Singh pointed a handgun at his face and told him he was about to be "wasted". Singh was jailed for two and a half years. He was drunk when he attempted to steal bottles of wine from a store in Splott, Cardiff in November 2007. He had the BB gun in his pocket. He admitted robbery and possessing an imitation firearm.
2008/3/4
This is Wiltshire
A 15-year-old was shot in the eye with an airgun pellet as he was walking with his girlfriend in Calne. He was allowed to return home after surgery in hospital.
2008/3/4
Manchester Evening News
Trading standards officers and police recovered a large arsenal of imitation guns from traders in Salford. The hauls included replicas of ME38 and Beretta pistols and realistic copies of police-issue semi automatics. One owner claimed he didn't realise they were illegal and that the guns "sell well in the school holidays".
2008/3/4
Hartlepool Mail
A postbox in Hartlepool has been closed by Royal Mail after a postman was shot at with an airgun.
2008/3/4
BBC
A man has died after a shooting in Tipton, West Midlands. A man has been arrested in connection with the incident.
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