Soaring Gun Crime Brings Call for Tough Action and Longer Jail Terms
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More people than ever in Wales are experiencing gun crime as figures show that firearms offences have almost trebled in four years. One in six people have seen a gun that they believe to be illegal, according to a report released today by the Control Arms Campaign, led by Oxfam, Amnesty International and the International Action Network on Small Arms.
And latest Home Office figures show that the number of firearms offences in Wales - excluding air weapons offences - have risen from 106 in 2001-02 to 288 in 2004-05.See the full content of this document
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Soaring Gun Crime Brings Call for Tough Action and Longer Jail Terms
Catherine Hester, head of Oxfam Cymru, said, 'The easy availability of guns is causing death, destruction and instilling fear across the world. This threat is also strongly felt in ...
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