(UK) Guns in the news (Guardian/Observer)

[Clay Young]

It's been a big week for guns in the news....

 

Liverpool football player shot in bar
Weekend attacks 'show gun crime out of control'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2763,1056800,00.html

 

Police fear they are losing control of gun-crazy Britain

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2763,1056459,00.html

 

Gun crime spreads 'like a cancer' across Britain
As the number of weapons on the streets grows and shootings become the norm, gun law is back at the top of the political agenda
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2763,1056412,00.html

 

'The drugs are here, the gangs are here'
Lucy Cope, whose 22-year-old son was gunned down last year, says that the killing fields are now taking in Middle England
http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2763,1056428,00.html

 

Blunkett vows to tackle gun crime

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2763,1054362,00.html

 

DIY gunsmiths jailed

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2763,1050672,00.html

 

Editorial:

Let's rid the streets of guns
Armed robbery puts us all at risk

http://www.guardian.co.uk/gun/Story/0,2763,1056312,00.html

 

Lastly, an anti-hunting column in the Guardian's glossy weekend magazine supplement.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1054106,00.html