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.
Three men armed with a gun, kitchen knife and metal bar threatened staff at a bookmakers in Bolton, Greater Manchester. One of the men jumped over the counter, demanded cash and escaped with £150 from the till. CCTV pictures have been released of the raid. The police believe the men could be responsible for three other raids on betting shops this year, including one at the same shop two weeks earlier and two in Great Lever (This is Lancashire, 3 March 2010).
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Northern Echo
A teenage rat catcher has had to forfeit two guns after he admitted charges of possession of an unloaded air rifle and an unloaded air pistol. Stephen Thompson was spotted by police among a crowd in an alleyway in Darlington smelling of alcohol. He was told by the judge that "People are frightened of guns. To those of us not skilled in guns, from a distance an air rifle with a telescopic lens is frightening". Thompson was given a 12 month conditional discharge.
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Oxford Times
A woman was approached by a man in Oxford and threatened her with what was believed to be a gun. She was forced to hand over her handbag, a mobile phone and sunglasses. Two teenagers were arrested in connection with this and another robbery involving a knife. Police said an imitation handgun has been seized.
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BirminghamLive
In a drive-by attack, a shotgun was fired twice from a car towards a house in Birmingham, West Midlands, causing the householder to dive for cover. Two neighbours also rushed inside to avoid the gunfire. Three hooded assailants had smashed the windows of the targeted house with baseball bats shortly before the shooting, with some residents believing this was a ploy to lure the homeowner outside before the gunman attacked. Police later confirmed this and another nearby shooting, adding that no one was injured in either incident.
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Daily Post
Daily Post, 18 December 2009 The stained glass windows of a church in Minera, Clwyd, have been damaged, probably by somebody who shot at it with an air rifle. A replacement could cost hundreds of pounds. A Christmas tree was also stolen from the church.
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Three kittens have been shot with an airgun and left for dead in an attack in Llanfigael, Anglesey. One of them survived despite being shot in the neck and sustaining a broken leg, but another was already dead when they were discovered and a second who was seriously wounded is believed to have crawled away to die.
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BBC News
A dog reportedly shot with an air rifle at a park near High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire is "lucky to be alive" according to his owner. Members of the public helped pull the pet from a river after he was shot, only to see "a very round hole in his side and a lot of blood". An X-ray revealed that the pellet had missed his spine by millimetres and lodged in muscle. Police have appealed for information.
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Northern Echo
James Mosley, 19, was drunk when he waved an imitation handgun from a car window at a couple walking in a street in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, in August 2009. Mosley, a former soldier, was arrested shortly afterwards and the firearm was found to be a novelty lighter, an exact replica 9mm Beretta handgun which he had bought in Turkey. He was sent to an institution for young offenders for eight months. The judge ordered the forfeiture and destruction of the imitation handgun.
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The Mirror
A garage worker was shot with a taser in an armed robbery in
Gateshead, Northumbria as she walked to the bank with the day’s takings.
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WalesOnline
After the body of the last golden eagle living wild in Wales was found earlier this year in Tregaron, Ceredigion, post-mortem examination revealed it had previously been shot. Although not the cause of death, X-rays revealed the bird had been shot at least twice with a shotgun. The eagle had been living around the Llyn Brianne reservoir for twelve years after escaping captivity at three months old. Cause of death was given as Aspergillosis, a fungal infection; however, there have been questions as to why the findings of the post-mortem were not reported in full at the time.
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