MacAskill aims for gun limits
JUSTICE Secretary Kenny MacAskill has promised to step up his efforts for tougher controls on airguns.
Last week, he wrote to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, proposing that Scotland should pilot a licensing scheme on behalf of the UK to restrict airguns to those involved in pest control or shooting clubs.
He said: "Any reformed firearms regime must incorporate stronger controls on air weapons – they are used in around half of firearms offences."
Edinburgh West Lib Dem MSP Margaret Smith said: "Airguns can be lethal weapons in the wrong hands and a registration scheme, like the existing scheme for firearms and shotguns, would ensure that air weapons were only sold to people who were considered fit."
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