Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Terry Lewis (Labour), on Tuesday, 8 March 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 47 members in total.

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POLICE PROCEDURES AND MURDER WEAPONS

That this House feels a sense of outrage that the Greater Manchester Police has returned to its original owner a Colt 45 revolver used in an armed robbery which had resulted in the tragic death of a security officer; calls attention to the fact that this was one of eight similar weapons stolen from domestic premises in 1992; regrets that to date three of these have been responsible for the deaths of three persons and the serious wounding of another; believes the return of this killer weapon to be an affront to those bereaved by it and others from the same source; and consequently demands that the police be given powers to destroy weapons which have been used in serious crimes.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

779 

Session

1993-94

Subjects

Firearms Handguns Homicide Police Greater Manchester Police

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk