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 was found dead with a gunshot wound at his home in Trimdon, County Durham. Police were not treating his death as suspicious.
2008/2/14
Islington Gazette
A gunman is believed to have fired his weapon towards the entrance of a nightclub in Finsbury. No-one was injured. Bullet casings were found in the street and police have released CCTV images of a man wanted in connection with the incident.
2008/2/14
BBC
A man threatened to shoot staff at a bank in Leatherhead, Surrey. No weapon was seen, but staff handed over a large sum of cash. Surrey Police are investigating possible links with similar incidents in Ashford, Shepperton and Egham. Two other men may have been involved in the robbery.
2008/2/13
ic Renfrewshire
Police are hunting for a man who pistol-whipped a South African man in a racist attack in Paisley. The victim was struck with the butt of a silver handgun as he walked along a street. Racist insults were hurled at him.
2008/2/13
BBC
Craig Platt from Kinmel Bay, Conwy, pointed a loaded air rifle at his wife a few days after learning of her child's paternity when he appeared on ITV's The Jeremy Kyle Show. He admitted possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and was given an indeterminate sentence for public protection.
2008/2/13
BBC
A swan which had been shot in the eye with an airgun has been rescued from a lake near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. The bird is being cared for at a wildlife sanctuary.
2008/2/13
BBC
A male swan which had been shot dead with an air rifle was found on the canal bank in Tipton, West Midlands. It had suffered broken bones and internal bleeding in the attack.
2008/2/13
Sunderland Echo
A woman was left shaken after a robber held her up with what police believe was a handgun in a street in Ryhope. The woman was forced to hand over her bag. It contained a phone and personal belongings.
2008/2/13
News Shopper
A long-barrelled shotgun and a First World War pistol are among items handed in to police in Bromley during a firearms amnesty. In addition, 28 imitation guns have been handed in during the first two weeks of the campaign.
2008/2/12
Daily Record
A 16-year-old has been charged with petrol bomb attacks and shooting children with an air rifle. He is accused of shooting and wounding boys aged 13, 14 and 15 on a footpath in Kilwinning, Ayrshire. He also faces charges of illegally possessing an air rifle as well as a charge relating to the petrol bombs.
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