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McConnell may push for airgun ban | |
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The first minister may press for a ban on airguns if legislation restricting their sale and use proves ineffective. | |
Jack McConnell said police chiefs will be given the chance to show that new legislation is working. | |
He told MSPs during First Minister's Questions: "I believe it would be wrong to rule out a total ban on airguns." | |
His comments were made as two families of airgun victims delivered a petition signed by 11,000 people calling for a ban on personal ownership of airguns. | |
Relatives of two-year-old Andrew Morton, from Glasgow, and Graeme Baxter, 32, from West Lothian, handed in the petition to Holyrood. | |
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 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. | 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't think Graeme would've been shot if there was a licensing scheme in place." |