A firearms officer was caught spying on his ex-girlfriend by ‘staking out’ her home and peering over her wall in an eight-month stalking campaign, a misconduct tribunal heard today. Benjamin Robinson, 33, was caught lurking outside the home in full uniform and while carrying a police issue sidearm by his Humberside Police colleagues. The armed officer had gone … Read more
Two British Army soldiers are arrested in Berkshire by Metropolitan Police’s Flying Squad on suspicion of firearms offences Two serving members of the British army yet to be named after firearms arrest The suspects in their 30s and 40s were detained by police for questioning They were arrested in two separate raids on properties in … Read more
The ex-fiancé of former EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth has been charged with possession of a gun. David Fairbairn, 65, is due to appear in court today after he was charged with several offences including five counts of possession of firearms and driving while disqualified. He has also been charged by the Metropolitan Police for perverting … Read more
Seven in 10 Americans who bought firearms during the coronavirus pandemic have been suicidal at some point in their lives – making them twice as at-risk as other gun owners Researchers surveyed 3,500 US adults, one-third of whom were gun owners About 70% of gun owners who purchased firearms during pandemic had experienced suicidal thoughts their … Read more
Loophole exploited by criminals to use antique guns in crimes will be closed in move that will make 26,000 firearms illegal Seven types of ammunition no longer classed under ‘antique firearm’ category Legal exemption designed to allow collectors and dealers to trade old firearms It was exploited by criminals and six deaths linked to antique … Read more
British gun fanatic, 17, who idolised Adolf Hitler and bragged about converting blank-firing pistol to shoot live rounds in far-right chats is jailed for nearly six years Paul Dunleavy had become a member of the far-Right group Feuerkrieg Division Indicated he was planning or had converted a blank-firing weapon into a firearm Phone had documents … Read more
Dr. Dre says estranged wife Nicole Young will not give him back motorcycle, golf clubs and firearms from Malibu home they shared … as couple’s billion dollar divorce progresses By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 01:52 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 01:56 BST, 27 August 2020 Dr. Dre, in his billion dollar divorce … Read more
Number of police firearms operations drop for the first time in four years Number of police firearms operations has fallen for the first time in four years Operations fell 4% to just under 19,400 in England and Wales in year to March The drop – of 820 incidents year-on-year – is the first since 2015-16 … Read more
The leading St. Louis city prosecutor is considering pressing charges against a Missouri lawyer couple after they were seen brandishing guns at protesters outside their $1.15million mansion. Mark McCloskey, 63, and his wife Patricia McCloskey, 61, were seen in multiple videos and photos on Sunday evening touting an AR-15 rifle and a handgun as protesters marched. … Read more
The police officers involved in the shooting of a Sudanese asylum seeker who knifed six people are being investigated after they failed to subdue him with tasers. Police tasered the attacker, Badreddin Abadlla Adam, a Sudanese asylum seeker, at the Park Inn hotel, Glasgow, on Friday lunchtime. Moments before they killed him he had seriously … Read more