Richard Kennett, joint firearms licensing manager for Norfolk and Suffolk Police, told the inquest the gun which fatally injured Ben had been ‘home made’ by the person who sold it and who was not a recognised manufacturer.
Had the law on the licensing and registration and storage of airguns been amended in the past, Ben’s death could have prevented.
Zoe Wragge
The air rifle had no safety catch, could be fired without pulling the trigger and it could not be seen if it was loaded.
https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news...dent-1-7999202
the safe storage regulations were amended in 2011 (https://www.gov.uk/government/public...afety-jan-2011). . Pity the owner of the homemade rifle that killed ben did not follow them and left it in an airing cupboard.
and one poster on here said the lad that shot him was 14 at the time which is legal but my thinking is that they were not all over 14 so they should have been supervised.