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 brandishing a gun entered a bank in New Ash Green, near Gravesend, and demanded cash. Staff handed over an undisclosed amount of money from the tills.
2008/2/7
Evening Chronicle (Newcastle)
A man is recovering in hospital after being shot in the stomach in his backyard in Philadelphia, Houghton-le-Spring. It is believed he was shot with an air rifle. A man has been arrested in connection with the shooting.
2008/2/7
Daily Mail
A bank manager was kidnapped at gunpoint as a prank for his 40th birthday. The kidnap took place at a petrol station with the knowledge of the staff there. Staff at the bank in Penzance, Cornwall, also cooperated in the plan for the mock kidnapping which involved replica guns. A spokesman for Devon & Cornwall Police said they had no record of the incident but "in general we would discourage this sort of thing. It is not a good idea to go around in public with replica or toy guns and balaclavas." What he should also have added was that it is actually an offence to have a replica gun in a public place.
2008/2/7
The Citizen (Preston)
Three people pleaded guilty to serious firearms offences at Preston Crown Court. Ivan Hue, Anthony Davis and Michelle Collins all pleaded guilty to jointly possessing a loaded Baikal 9mm handgun and silencer. Another woman, Tamara Gornall had been stopped by police in August 2007 in the Gamull area of Preston and was found to be in possession of the gun (see Incidents). She was later arrested and has since pleaded guilty to possessing the firearm. Sentencing will take place in April.
2008/2/6
The Argus (Brighton)
David Clarke threatened staff with a cigarette lighter in the shape of a metal gun at a job centre in Brighton in July 2007. A policewoman and a woman Police Community Support Officer tackled the man and took the weapon from him. Clarke admitted possession of an imitation firearm and will be sentenced later this month.
2008/2/6
Telegraph & Argus (Bradford)
A man has been arrested on firearms charges following a weapons seizure in Mirfield, West Yorkshire. Fourteen handguns, an amount of ammunition, two crossbows and an air rifle were recovered from an address following reports of a man brandishing a handgun.
2008/2/6
Liverpool Echo
A woman was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a gun in a public place after reports that she had been seen with a handgun near a medical centre in Stockton Heath, Warrington. The weapon is thought to have been an airgun. The woman was being guarded overnight in hospital.
2008/2/6
Kent Online
A man entered a shop in Chatham and threatened a cashier with what appeared to be a gun. He left after being handed a quantity of cash.
2008/2/6
The Citizen (Gloucestershire)
Two cousins were assaulted by a gang in the centre of Gloucester. One aged 17, alleges that a car pulled up and fired at him with an air rifle which left a hole in his coat. The other teenager, aged 16, says the gang was assaulted with baseball bats, bottles and a golf club.
2008/2/6
Birmingham Mail
A court has been told how a mother on her way to pick up her children from school was shot in the head by a man taking pot-shots with an air rifle. Part of a pellet lodged in her head and she had to have it removed by surgery. A man has denied charges of wounding and possessing an air rifle. The incident occurred in Handsworth in March 2007. The defendant claimed he had been showing the air rifle to a friend in his flat when he accidentally activated the trigger. The prosecution claim that three shots were fired. The case continues.
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
