Politicians in communities affected by mass shootings are calling for tighter firearm restrictions amid the growth of practical shooting clubs. SNP MP Alyn Smith, who represents Dunblane, and Luke Pollard, the Labour MP for Plymouth, want an overhaul of existing gun laws and a ban on pump-action weapons.
Campaign group Gun Control Network are meeting with the Home Office next week over the new weapons and practical shooting clubs. It comes after a Sunday Mail investigation uncovered a loophole in firearms laws that means new US-inspired gun clubs don’t fall under the strict licensing laws.
Today marks the 25th anniversary of the UK’s handgun ban after the Dunblane shootings where 16 primary school kids and their teacher were killed by a gunman in 1996. Last year licensed gun owner Jake Davison, 22, shot and killed five people in Ply-mouth before shooting himself.
