[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

Actually the ban on most guns was brought in after the Dunblane School killings in 1996, by the then Conservative Government. All the guns used in that massacre were Legally held.
In 1997 The Labour Government then ameded the law to ban all of them.

The Hungerford Killings were again committed with legally held guns.

You are correct n the statement that those guns in both Hungerford & Dumblane were legally held.
One thing that isn't publised enough, is that both of those idiots had been assessed by a firearms certificating officer, and each one had recommended their permits cancelled, in each case they were over ruled by a higher rank, the worst case being at Dumblane, none of the local gun clubs would give him membership, they didn't like him or his attitude towards guns, he had no legitimate reason for owning them.
On that day he even drove past schools just to target Dumblane, and he knew exactly what the outcome would be.
Don't forget that another idiot did the same thing with cans of petrol.