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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

‘Complete overhaul’ of gun licensing needed in UK after Plymouth shooting, victims’ families say

Jake Davison/PA Wire

A “complete overhaul” of firearms licensing in Britain is needed to stop the “catastrophic” failings that let Plymouth shooter Jake Davison obtain the weapon he used to murder five victims, their families have said.

An inquest jury condemned a series of decisions by Devon and Cornwall Police that contributed to the 22-year-old’s rampage on 12 August 2021, which was the UK’s worst mass shooting in over a decade.

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