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1. www.heraldscotland.com › news › 14340378Twenty years on: the truth about Dunblane and gun laws

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   Mar 13, 2016 · In the ten years between 2003 and 2012, there were 182 recorded allegations of firearms being used in a school or college in Scotland. There were five years in that decade in which gun murders ...

2. www.independent.co.uk › news › long_readsFirearms Act: Twenty years on, has it made a difference?

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   In the UK, on 17 December 1997, the Firearms (Amendment) (No 2) Act 1997 came into force. It was a year of great political upheaval, as the Conservative Party departed power after 18 years and the ...

3. theconversation.com › dunblane-massacre-20-yearsDunblane massacre 20 years on: how Britain rewrote its gun ...

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   Mar 11, 2016 · Published: March 11, 2016 6:40am EST. March 13 1996. A dark day for Dunblane. Thomas Hamilton , near Stirling, Scotland on March 13 1996, armed with four legally-owned handguns and over 700 rounds ...

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4. www.smithsonianmag.com › history › how-1996-dunblaneHow the 1996 Dunblane Massacre Pushed the U.K. to Enact ...

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   Mar 12, 2021 · Gun control is a somewhat partisan issue in the U.K., with the Conservatives and other right-leaning political parties tending to favor lifting limitations on sport shooting and hunting and the ...

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5. theconversation.com › dunblane-25-years-on-how-aDunblane 25 years on: how a mass school shooting changed ...

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   Mar 11, 2021 · In the aftermath, the gun lobby managed to fend off demands for tighter gun control. Automatic rifles were prohibited (the Hungerford killer had used an AK47 variant assault rifle, hardly a ...

6. gun-control-network.org › historyHistory Of GCN - gun-control-network.org

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   Of. GCN. The Gun Control Network was established as a small non-profit making organisation in July 1996 in the aftermath of the Dunblane tragedy. The founders included lawyers, academics and the parents of victims killed in Dunblane and Hungerford. It was the first gun control organisation in the UK. At the time in 1987, of the massacre of 16 ...

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   Did gun control work in Scotland?

   • And over 50% of allegations of robberies with a firearm in Scotland remain unsolved. Despite these facts, it is highly suggestive that those gun controls implemented after 1996 worked. The year of the Dunblane massacre, gun homicides peaked at 84 across the UK – the most on record. Today, gun killings have dropped to almost a third of that.

   Twenty years on: the truth about Dunblane and gun laws

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   What happened to Handgun Control after the Dunblane massacre?

   • After the Dunblane massacre, handgun control became highly political. Handgun ownership was increasing in the 1990s and sports shooting, the only legitimate reason for owning a handgun, was a fast growing sport. Yet even members of the elite country-sports lobby by newcomers, keen on “combat style” shooting, entering the sport.

   Dunblane massacre 20 years on: how Britain rewrote its gun laws – and

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   Is gun control a partisan issue in the UK?

   • Gun control is a somewhat partisan issue in the U.K., with the Conservatives and other right-leaning political parties tending to favor lifting limitations on sport shooting and hunting and the left-leaning Labour Party more often voicing support for restrictions.

   How the 1996 Dunblane Massacre Pushed the U.K. to Enact Stricter Gun

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   Was Dunblane a 'game-changer' for guns in the UK?

   • “The Conservatives had laid the groundwork with the Firearms (Amendment) Act, but he was able to take the Tory pledge of ‘tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime’, and get even tougher. Dunblane was a game-changer for guns in the UK. If the deaths of children will not tweak a nation’s conscience, nothing will.”

   Firearms Act: Twenty years on, has it made a difference?

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   Did Dunblane lead to a lower gun-death rate?

   • Aside from spikes around the turn of the century, the subsequent years have all seen markedly lower gun-deaths recorded. The Gun Control Network, a campaigning body set up in the wake of Dunblane, records its own gun-death statistics based on media reports, which it says generally tally with official figures once they come out.

   Firearms Act: Twenty years on, has it made a difference?

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   How did gun control affect Australia?

   • That year, Port Arthur in Tasmania saw a gunman kill 35 people using semi-automatic weapons. That shooting, as in Dunblane, triggered a political response that resulted in the implementation of rigorous gun control laws throughout Australia. A large array of weapons were banned and the government imposed a mandatory gun buy back.

   Twenty years on: the truth about Dunblane and gun laws

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8. www.cnn.com › 2012/12/17 › worldDunblane: How UK school massacre led to tighter gun control

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   Dec 17, 2012 · Shortly after 9 a.m. on March 13, 1996, Thomas Hamilton, a 43-year-old former Scout leader, burst into the gymnasium of a primary school in the tranquil Scottish town of Dunblane. Within minutes ...