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Coroner calls for ‘root and branch’ reform of gun laws after Keyham tragedy

Ian Arrow, the senior coroner for Plymouth, said the 50-year-old Firearms Act was at ‘odds with public safety’.

The Independent UK

UK shooting lobby to fight demands to tighten shotgun ownership rules

Powerful pro-gun groups plan to lobby ministers as calls mount to raise ownership barriers after Plymouth killings

The Guardian - UK

Killer Plymouth gunman's family plea 'for action, not words' to prevent future atrocities

Apprentice crane operator Jake Davison, 22, used his legally held pump action shotgun to carry out one of the worst gun massacres in Britain for more than a decade

Daily Mirror

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Britain’s gun laws could be tightened after Plymouth shooting - but what are they?

Firearms laws could be changed in the UK to make sure shootings can never happen again.

Evening Standard

'Terrifying' warning guns are in wrong hands as MP tells of constituent in hiding

The government is under pressure to tighten gun laws after the conclusion of an inquest into the killings in Keyham, Plymouth, by evil Jake Davison, as Labour MP Rachael Maskell said a woman in her constituency has been forced into hiding

Daily Mirror

Gunman Jake Davison killed himself after shooting five dead, inquest rules

The 22-year-old shot himself with a pump-action shotgun after being confronted by an unarmed police officer minutes after killing five people.

The Independent UK

Plymouth shooter’s sister and brother criticise failure to toughen gun laws

Government under pressure to reform licensing system, with one MP describing it as ‘a thicket’

The Guardian - UK

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Britain’s gun laws could be tightened following ‘catastrophic’ failings that enabled Plymouth shooting

Home secretary will be ‘failing in her duty to protect the public’ if laws are not changed, families say

The Independent UK

Plymouth gunman beat boy after being called ‘fat’ - year before killing five people

Police briefly confiscated legally-held shotgun from 22-year-old before handing it back to him – ahead of fatal shooting spree which saw him kill his own mother

The Independent UK

Plymouth victims’ families demand law change after claim ‘catastrophic failures’ handed gunman Jake Davison licence to kill’

They spoke out after an inquest jury found there was a ‘seriously unsafe culture’ in Devon and Cornwall Police’s firearms licensing unit

Evening Standard

Keyham families demand firearms law changes after ‘catastrophic failures’

They spoke out after an inquest jury found there was a ‘seriously unsafe culture’ in Devon and Cornwall Police’s firearms licensing unit

The Independent UK

Calls for radical reform of gun laws after Plymouth shooting

‘Catastrophic’ failings that allowed gunman to kill five people increase pressure to overhaul 1968 legislation

The Guardian - UK

Plymouth shooter Jake Davison ‘searched for incel serial killers online’ days before massacre

Motivation for mass shooting, which was not declared a terror attack, to be examined at new inquest

The Independent UK

‘Complete overhaul’ of gun licensing needed in UK after Plymouth shooting, victims’ families say

Inquest jury warns that ‘catastrophic’ failures that let Jake Davison have a gun are seen nationwide

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The Independent UK

‘Catastrophic failings’ at gun licence unit, but no officers or staff lose jobs

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said that one member of Devon and Cornwall police staff received a written warning.

The Independent UK

‘Unsafe culture’ in police firearms unit before Keyham shooting – inquest jury

Jake Davison shot dead four adults and a child in an eight-minute rampage in Keyham, Plymouth, on August 12 2021.

Wales Online

Families of gunman Jake Davison's victims say he was given 'licence to kill'

An inquest found the five victims to have been unlawfully killed by Davison

The Independent UK

Families of Plymouth shooting victims hit out at ‘series of failings’ that led to ‘act of pure evil’

‘Warning signs were ignored and a licence to kill was granted’

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The Telegraph

Plymouth gunman was granted ‘licence to kill’, say victims’ families

Jake Davison was legally allowed to own shotgun he used for the massacre despite history of violence and mental health problems

The Independent UK

Virgin loner Jake Davison was obsessed with guns

Davison likened himself Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character from the Terminator films

The Guardian - UK

Plymouth shooting: burst of savagery that began with an attack on a mother

Many tears have been shed during inquest into what happened when Jake Davison went on rampage

The Independent UK

Beloved victims of Keyham massacre will be greatly missed

Pen portraits of Maxine Davison, Sophie Martyn, her father Lee, Stephen Washington and Kate Shepherd were read at their inquests

The Independent UK

Should UK’s firearms laws be tightened further?

Questions have been raised again about whether enough is done to stop guns legally ending up in the hands of the wrong people.

The Independent UK

Keyham timeline: eight minutes of violence left five dead

Jake Davison’s rampage came after he left work at the dockyard.

Evening Standard

Victims of Keyham gunman Jake Davison were unlawfully killed, says inquest jury

Jake Davison killed his mother and then shot dead Sophie Martyn, three, her father Lee, Stephen Washington and Kate Shepherd before killing himself

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