Gun crime

Taking a lead from Irish on gun control SCOTLAND can learn from Ireland as it considers how best to reform firearms law and tackle gun crime, Kenny MacAskill, the justice secretary, said yesterday.

Anger over relaxing of gun law for Olympics ANTI-GUN campaigners have warned the Government not to relax firearms legislation in the run-up to the London Olympics, saying: "A child's life is not worth a medal."

'Untouchables' jailed over gangland killing TWO masked gunmen who boasted that they were "untouchable" yesterday received the longest sentences ever passed in a Scottish court after they were found guilty of a gangland-style triple shooting.

Judge issues longest prison sentence in history of Scottish courts A JUDGE in Glasgow today issued what is believed to be the longest prison sentence in Scottish legal history.

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