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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Milburn (Labour), on Monday, 28 February 1994, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 63 members in total.

GUN LAW REVIEW

That this House expresses its alarm at the recent wave of gun killings in the North East of England involving licensed firearms owners; believes that gun licences are too easy to come by and too difficult to revoke; urges the Home Secretary to conduct an urgent review of the gun laws better to protect public safety; and in particular seeks changes to the law that would impose a more rigorous test on those applying for gun licences, limit gun use to responsible adults who can demonstrate an absolute need for a licence, strengthen police powers to refuse or revoke gun licences and prevent, wherever possible, guns being stored in domestic premises where they are prone to theft and misuse.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

GUN LAW REVIEW (691A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Martyn Jones (primary, Labour) and tabled on Wednesday, 16 March 1994. It has been signed by 3 members in total.
leave out from 'expresses' to end and add 'its satisfaction with the operation of Britain's stringent gun laws which require rigorous examination on application, only permit grant of firearms and shotgun certificates on demonstration of a genuine purpose and lays down exacting conditions for safe storage of firearms and shotguns; notes that the figures obtained by the honourable Member for Darlington show that there has been no significant change in the number of deaths by firearms since 1979, that the homicide death statistics have also been steady and are the envy of other countries; further notes that it is accepted that licensed firearms are rarely involved in crime, and that homicides in the whole of the North East in the last year for which figures are available number only six which, whilst regrettable, cannot be described as a wave of killings and cannot be broken down into whether they were caused by licensed or unlicensed firearms; and calls upon honourable Members to sign in good faith.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
691 
691A1 
Session
1993-94
Subjects
Licensing Firearms
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk