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Call for BB guns ban

Ball-bearing guns should be completely banned across the United Kingdom after 17 schoolchildren were shot in Staffordshire, councillors say. Ball-bearing guns should be completely banned across the United Kingdom after 17 schoolchildren were shot in Staffordshire, councillors say. Brereton and Ravenhill Parish Council is writing to Home Secretary John Reid to call for a change in the law, after a terrifying attack on pupils at Etching Hill Primary School, Rugeley. Councillors say the BB guns – sold as toys – are dangerous weapons capable of causing serious injuries like blindness. They also want other councils to act. They want Staffordshire County and Cannock Chase District Councils and the Forestry Commission, to bring in a bylaw to ban BB guns being fired into or from any public place in the district. Read the full story in the Express & Star.

Stafford|Apr 6, 2007
Stafford
Cannock
Lichfield

BB guns to be hot topic

Air rifles and ball bearing guns will be a hot topic of discussion at the next meeting of Brereton and Ravenhill Parish Council in Rugeley. Air rifles and ball bearing guns will be a hot topic of discussion at the next meeting of Brereton and Ravenhill Parish Council in Rugeley. It follows the shooting of 17 school children with a BB gun. The attack took place at Etching Hill Primary School in the town recently. The children, 15 boys and two girls aged between seven and 11, suffered minor injuries from plastic pellets fired into the playground by 'snipers' taking pot shots through a hedge. Read the full story in the Express & Star.

Cannock|Mar 29, 2007
Lichfield
Cannock
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