While serious gun crime in Edinburgh is thankfully very rare, there have been a number of noteworthy incidents and close calls down the years.
One of the most infamous firearms-related incidents occurred during the winter of 1985, when city gunsmith Eric Miller barricaded himself in his shop and staged an eight-hour siege.
Days earlier police had raided Field & Stream, Miller's gun and fishing tackle shop at 61 Montrose Terrace in the Abbeyhill area of the city, and had discovered that the owner's firearms records were far below the legal requirement.
