UK Gun Control Network. Campaigning for progressively tighter controls on guns in the UK.
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UK Gun Control Network retweeted
154 Hen Harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018 - most of them on or close to grouse moors.
Today is closing date for Defra's Call for Evidence on gamebird shooting - please participate by 23.59hrs!
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22 firearm reports last week, sadly including yet another suicide involving a legally-held shotgun. GCN offers sympathy to all those affected and continues to campaign for tighter licensing of shotguns.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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GCN supports Cats Protection petition to license airguns in Eng & Wales. As well as animals, these guns injure & kill people, including a child who died after being accidentally shot at a party last year with an air rifle stored in an understairs cupboard
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GCN supports the call from Cats Protection to license airguns in England & Wales.
After they were licensed in Scotland in 2017, airgun crime there decreased by one third. Gun control works.
Sign to make your voice heard.
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UK Gun Control Network retweeted
'The real threat to Britain's countryside' - spoof video about Pheasant shooting by Lord Christian Brighty!
Watch it & then send in your evidence to Defra about impact of gamebird shooting - consultation closes Sun 1st Nov!
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22 firearm reports last week, including a police officer shot in Nottingham. GCN continues to campaign for tighter gun control and #fewerguns Gun control works.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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With licensing allowing any number of shotguns held on one certificate, it's no surprise that half the discharges dealt with by West Midlands Police were from shotguns stolen in burglaries from legal owners. Time to license shotguns under Section 1 rules.
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Read our press release welcoming report by HMICFRS that says firearms licensing in Eng & Wales is not fit for purpose.
End a dangerous legal anomaly - align S2 shotgun licensing with the stricter rules governing S1 lethal firearms as recommended.
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25 firearm reports last week, including two of teenage girls being shot. The greatest risk of gun violence to women is in the home. GCN supports the Government campaign to halve violence against women and girls. #VAWG
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UK Gun Control Network retweeted
Defra refuses demands by gamebird shooting industry to extend the deadline on its Call for Evidence.
New blog ⬇️
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Follow the link to read our monthly review on firearm incidents in Great Britain, which sadly includes 5 deaths, 3 confirmed by shotgun. GCN continues to campaign for tighter shotgun licensing and #fewerguns
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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Animal Aid has uncovered the suffering & impacts of breeding, rearing, releasing & shooting millions of birds in England each year animalaid.org.uk/issues/wild…
Have your say - complete DEFRA's survey
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Or email your views to [email protected]
We noted 21 firearm reports last week, including two suicides and a man shot dead in London. GCN offers sympathy to all those affected and campaigns for to reduce the availabilty of guns of all kinds.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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We noted 23 firearm reports last week, including a man sentenced for domestic abuse involving a BB gun. These guns are cheap, accessible, with no background checks on purchase. Follow link to find out more.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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We noted 27 firearm reports last week, including teenagers threatening a bus driver with an imitation gun. These are cheap, accessible, with no background checks on purchase - follow link to find out more.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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We noted 28 firearm reports last week, sadly including yet another suicide involving a legally-held shotgun. GCN offers sympathy to all those affected and campaigns for tighter licensing of shotguns.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
Our summaries:
gun-control-network.org/inci…
Follow the link to read our monthly review on firearm incidents in Great Britain and find out more about how GCN campaigns to reduce the availability of guns of all kinds. Gun control works.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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We noted 25 firearm reports last week, including a man who shot himself with a shotgun at his home in Hampshire. GCN offers sympathy to all those affected and campaigns for tighter licensing of shotguns.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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We noted 13 gun reports last week, including one man shot in the abdomen in Gainford and, a second, shot in the leg in Birmingham. GCN continues to campaign for tighter gun control and #fewerguns
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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We noted 24 gun reports last week, including a fox and two cats shot with air weapons. Time to license these dangerous weapons in England & Wales, as in Scotland.
@LabourSJ @helenmaguiremp @LFarnz
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