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| Victims' families in airguns plea | Victims' families in airguns plea |
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| Two families of airgun victims who are campaigning for an outright ban are taking their fight to Holyrood. | Two families of airgun victims who are campaigning for an outright ban are taking their fight to Holyrood. |
| Relatives of two-year-old Andrew Morton, from Glasgow, and Graeme Baxter, 32, from West Lothian, will hand in an 11,000 signature petition. | Relatives of two-year-old Andrew Morton, from Glasgow, and Graeme Baxter, 32, from West Lothian, will hand in an 11,000 signature petition. |
| Solidarity MSP Tommy Sheridan has launched a backbench bill to outlaw air weapons. | Solidarity MSP Tommy Sheridan has launched a backbench bill to outlaw air weapons. |
| The Scottish Executive said it had helped persuade the UK Government to introduce new restrictions. | The Scottish Executive said it had helped persuade the UK Government to introduce new restrictions. |
| They should sit up and listen to us, we don't want any more families going through what we've had to go through Jacqueline JackGraeme Baxter's sister class="" href="http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=5704&edition=1">Have your say: Airgun ban | |
| Solidarity MSP Tommy Sheridan is proposing a backbench bill to outlaw air weapons. He is hoping to question the First Minister on the issue. | |
| Andrew Morton died after he was shot in Easterhouse in March 2005. | Andrew Morton died after he was shot in Easterhouse in March 2005. |
| His mother, Sharon McMillan, 36, is campaigning for a change in the law. | His mother, Sharon McMillan, 36, is campaigning for a change in the law. |
| She has joined Jacqueline Jack, whose brother Graeme was killed in an airgun incident, in East Calder last April. | She has joined Jacqueline Jack, whose brother Graeme was killed in an airgun incident, in East Calder last April. |
| Ms Jack said: "They should sit up and listen to us, we don't want any more families going through what we've had to go through. | |
| "I don' think Graeme would've been shot if there was a licensing scheme in place." |