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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Ungoed-Thomas

‘Broken’ gun licensing scheme risks another Plymouth, warn campaigners

Patel with the chief constable for Devon and Cornwall Police, Shaun Sawyer, and Labour MP Luke Pollard, to lay a floral tribute to the victims of the shootings in Plymouth last year.
Patel with the chief constable for Devon and Cornwall Police, Shaun Sawyer, and Labour MP Luke Pollard, to lay a floral tribute to the victims of the shootings in Plymouth last year. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images

The home secretary, Priti Patel, faces calls to overhaul gun licensing laws as campaigners warn a “broken” system is needlessly putting lives at risk.

Patel agreed last week to meet Plymouth residents about gun controls after Jake Davison, 22, a licensed gun holder, killed his mother and four passersby, including three-year-old Sophie Martyn, in an attack in the city last August.

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