UK Shooting News - aka Parliamentary Air Rifle Debate

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Tommy Sheridan SG
I thank Mr Martin for whatever clarification that offered. I argue that the only conscription that we should be considering for our country is conscription into full-time education so that we can give as many young people as possible the chance to realise the potential that every single one of them has. That means good employment potential¡ªapprenticeships as well as education.

I want to touch on one aspect of antisocial behaviour in my limited time and I want to ask for the leadership from the minister that Mr Martin asked for. In 79 per cent of the acts of vandalism that were recorded in 2005-06, air-guns were used. In the same year, in 57 per cent of offences of minor assault, air-guns were used and in 75 per cent of offences of serious assault, air-guns were used. Since 1999, there have been 1,154 air-gun injuries and, tragically, three fatalities¡ªtwo in Glasgow and one in Bathgate. A growing proportion of all offences involving firearms is related to air-guns. In 2004-5, 43 per cent of all firearms offences were related to air-guns and in 2005-06 that percentage rose to 58 per cent.





This doesn't make any sense. So those kids smashing up bus stops or spraying graffitti used airguns. A punch up in the city centre involves airguns. Domestic violence involves airguns.
These statistics are nonsense.

that's Tommy sheridan for you . he was the first if i remember right to try and ban airguns up here .he was pandering to the junkie parent of the child that died . not 100% sure but rumours were that the rifle used to kill the child was given to the killer as payment for drugs debt . as i said im not 100% sure .

his proposals in 2006 http://www.parliament.scot/S2_Member...nsultation.pdf

and the killer will be out of jail soon .possibly march next year .