for family and communities. andrew foster s life changed because of the actions of his brother, christopher. on 26th august 2008, he killed the animals in his house, set fire to the house and then shot my sister in law and my niece with a licensed firearm. it s 15 years this year, and it still has the same impact 15 years on. christopher had been to the doctor and spoken of suicidal thoughts. there was no flag coming up at west mercia saying, well, hold on, this guy s a licensed gun holder, he s got x amount of guns, there s a problem here, we should go and take his guns away. in recent years, other cases have made headlines. the killings of kelly, ava and lexie in west sussex in 2020. maxine, lee, sophie, stephen and kate in plymouth in 2021. and emma and lettie in epsom