July 2007

Workmen injured by suspected air rifle attack
2nd July 2007
Town Crier - Northants,Northampton,UK
A MAN received minor injuries after being shot with what is believed to be an air rifle as he worked at an industrial estate in St Neots
http://www.towncriertoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2996703


SHOT BOY'S TERROR AT PARK AIR RIFLE ATTACK
7th July 2007
This is Nottingham - Nottingham,England,UK
A Teenager says he is lucky to be alive after being shot with an airgun. Mitchell Hill, 14, needed surgery to remove a pellet from his right arm. http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=195917&command=displayContent&sourceNode=134241&contentPK=17765086&folderPk=78486&pNodeId=133951


Jogger hit in thigh by air pellet
19th July 2007
Redditch Standard - Redditch,England,UK
A MAN in Redditch was injured after he was hit in the leg with a pellet - believed to be from an air rifle - whilst out running at the weekend.
http://redditch.standardtoday.co.uk/News.tvt?%5Fticket=R1G6RV6VBHSJ53J94NNAD0UGAKLAFS6DJQRFL1PAAUTMCNLFEMTITRRITAXM9NTHNLL9CHUTVUQFIQ0CAMTECYPABHSI75YEIOPNIVSEAOW4UURGUU4KHONDLHG09LLDPGSG0SQFIVQ9AN0H9LLGHGSG1VQFIRY6O&%5Fscope=Flow%2FWebsites%2FRedditch%2FNews&id=15695


Bus driver hurt in air gun attack
18th July 2007
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
AN AIR gun was fired at a Coventry bus, shattering the wind-screen and sending a shard of glass into the driver's eye. http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=bus-driver-hurt-in-air-gun-attack&method=full&objectid=19472219&siteid=50003-name_page.html


BOY SHOT IN AIRGUN BLAST
22nd July 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
The victim was walking with a friend through woods when he was hit with an airgun. He was taken to hospital with facial injuries and had a pellet removed from his neck. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=boy-shot-in-airgun-blast&method=full&objectid=19493359&siteid=64736-name_page.html


Gun thugs shoot pair with air rifle
24th July 2007
ic Coventry - Coventry,UK
THUGS armed with an air rifle shot two people - including a 13-year-old boy - as they walked in Coventry. The innocent victims were hit in Lythalls Lane, http://iccoventry.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100localnews/tm_headline=gun-thugs-shoot-pair-with-air-rifle&method=full&objectid=19509849&siteid=50003-name_page.html


'Pellet was only an inch from eye'
26th July 2007
ic Wales - United Kingdom
A CYCLIST was shot in the face with an airgun as he rode along the Taff Trail. http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_headline=8216-pellet-was-only-an-inch-from-eye-8217&method=full&objectid=19519630&siteid=50082-name_page.html


Girl, 15, injured in rifle shooting
28th July 2007
Hartlepool Today - UK
An air rifle pellet lodged in a girl's finger when she was shot as she played in woods with pals. Detectives in east Durham are investigating shooting in woodland, near Wingate, after a 15-year-old girl was left with a broken finger.
http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news?articleid=3068443


THE 99P GUN
29th July 2007
Glasgow Sunday Mail - UK
CHILDREN as young as 11 are being sold guns which could inflict injuries for just 99p. Firearms experts yesterday said the pistols, which fire plastic pellets, could cause serious injuries and warned they should not be sold to under-18s. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/news/tm_headline=the-99p-gun&method=full&objectid=19536551&siteid=64736-name_page.html

Pressure mounts for national airgun ban

24th July 2007
Sunderland Echo - UK
Pressure is mounting for a national airgun ban, after a campaign by devastated Wearside families. The Government has signalled it plans to consider outlawing the weapons in Scotland, in a reform which would see the surrender of up to 500,000 airguns. Now Wearside MP Fraser Kemp has called for Ministers to act south of the border after leading a drive with Sunderland mum Linda Mitchell.
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news?articleid=3054743