Originally Posted by Barrie Yates (Post 820000)

It has happened here before this incident - there is nothing that can be done about the unstable people such as this perpetrator, I just hope that there isn't another knee jerk reaction.
There have been more shooting incidents involving hand guns since the banning of private ownership of registered handguns than previously.

Originally Posted by Retlaw (Post 820113)

Fire arms certificates have to be renewed ever three years, there are no licenses.
For him to have held them legally he would have had to show good reason & provide proof of where he used them, along with written permission from land owners or membership of a recognised club.
So far no one has proved to me that he held them legally.
Retlaw.

Originally Posted by Barrie Yates

IMHO a .22 rifle, even using Long Rifle Ammunition is a totally unsuitable weapon to hunt/shoot dear with unless you are a totally brilliant shot and obtain a kill shot with every round fired.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 820241)

I have found the news coverage of this tragedy intrusive and distasteful.
Do we really need to have these so called journalists picking over every bit of the carcass of what is essentailly a dead story?
It isn't like there is a man hunt on-going....and even if there were, the bulletins still smack of overkill(no pun intended).
Leave Cumbria to bury its dead with privacy and dignity.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 820241)

I have found the news coverage of this tragedy intrusive and distasteful.
Do we really need to have these so called journalists picking over every bit of the carcass of what is essentailly a dead story?
It isn't like there is a man hunt on-going....and even if there were, the bulletins still smack of overkill(no pun intended).
Leave Cumbria to bury its dead with privacy and dignity.

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington (Post 820241)

I have found the news coverage of this tragedy intrusive and distasteful.
Do we really need to have these so called journalists picking over every bit of the carcass of what is essentailly a dead story?
It isn't like there is a man hunt on-going....and even if there were, the bulletins still smack of overkill(no pun intended).
Leave Cumbria to bury its dead with privacy and dignity.

Originally Posted by cashman (Post 820116)

a total ban on firearms would not prevent these tragedys, a nutter is a nutter simple as. same as normal the call goes up to punish everyone, farmers need guns fer various things, most gun owners use em fer sport or are members of clubs fer enjoyment, i myself have never owned a firearm, probably cos the police refused me a licence, ya have more chance of reducing these things, if the existing laws were used consistently n properly,some areas seem to do this, seems some don't.:confused:but is that not the same in many areas of life?:confused:

Originally Posted by kestrelx (Post 820308)

The guy probably had a lot of problems that he didn't talk about and had no one to talk about them with as his mother was ill. Things come out under pressure when there are unresolved long term family issues. No one will know how this guy felt as he's gone but you can see from his actions what must have been going on beneath the surface. When news first came out about this it said on the News he'd been the victim of a bullying campaign at the place he worked. But it will never be known 100% for sure just what made him snap. It's a sorry situation.

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 820315)

We are all living through a time of extreme stress.
This sort of event will likely happen more often.
It is important to 'wind down' and make time to withdraw from those stressful feelings whenever you get the chance, in whatever way you find works for you.
Just being aware that you are under stress is only the first step in avoiding 'cracking up'.

Originally Posted by mattylad (Post 820391)

People may not have seen any change however there will still be blame chucked somewhere at someone else.

The police are already being accused of being slow for not having an armed team waiting for this to happen so they could jump on it.

Lots of people suffer from depression, should they all be watched carefully?
Not everyone that is depressed is receiving medical treatment for it so there is no one that can be accused of not informing someone else that a depressed person might do something really bad like this.

I suspect that doctors notes do not contain information such as if the person holds a firearms permit so if the docs did know of any depression they could not advise the police to remove the firearms pdq.

I am pretty sure that we won't ever know why he did this however it wont stop the media going over & over every little suggestion or theory and make it a prime time news article.