for many, that involves guns. you re talking somewhere in excess of 600,000 people in the uk have either a firearms certificate or a shot gun certificate or both. so, you ll have people who control vermin, you will have deer managers and then you ve you have recreational shooters, you have target shooters. if you look at the public safety record with regard to firearms, there s actually quite strong evidence to say that police forces pretty much get it right. it s not in our interests for anyone who should haven t a firearms certificate or a shotgun certificate to get one. events like these celebrate a culture, a way of life and that way of life includes gun ownership. so how to properly balance public safety, with the hundreds of thousands of people who responsibly own guns? that s a question the government s looking at again. the amount of violent crime committed by licensed gun owners is small, but when it happens, the results are devastating forfamily and communities. andrew foster
yes, questions from keir starmer, the leader of yes, questions from keir starmer, the leader of the yes, questions from keir starmer, the leader of the labour yes, questions from keir starmer, the leader of the labour party yes, questions from keir starmer, the leader of the labour party but also questions within government, too. and there are two issues, first double, why was he able to get a shot gun certificate in the first place. he was a young man, did he really need to have a shot gun at home in a city and particularly after there were concerns about his mental health, which there seemed to have been for many years. but, then, when his certificate was taken away after an allegation of assault against a teenager in september, the shotgun and the certificate were taken away in december but then returned in july taken away in december but then returned injuly and, in those months, he was posting all kinds of messages and videos on the internet expressing hatred for his mum, expressi