Call by families of people killed by Jake Davison in 2021 Plymouth shootings sparks alarm within shooting community

Organisations representing gun owners and the shooting industry have voiced their opposition to changes to the firearms laws demanded by victims’ families and police chiefs after the Plymouth shootings.

At the end of an inquest on Jake Davison’s five victims, bereaved relatives and senior police officers said they wanted the law in England and Wales changed to make shotguns subject to the same rules as rifles, arguing that they are just as deadly.

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