"The morning of 13 March, 1996 saw Thomas Hamilton enter Dunblane Primary School's gymnasium armed with four legally-owned handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Within minutes, 16 pupils and a teacher were shot dead, and 15 others injured, in what remains the deadliest mass shooting in British history."
"In the months that followed, a coalition of campaigners, lawyers, academics, and a parent of one of the victims established the GCN. Their mission was clear: to advocate for robust gun controls, including a comprehensive ban on handguns."
"Campaigners who successfully pushed for a ban on handguns in the wake of the Dunblane massacre endured death threats and bomb scares, the chairwoman of the Gun Control Network (GCN) has revealed."
Following the Dunblane Primary School massacre on March 13, 1996, where Thomas Hamilton killed 16 pupils and a teacher with four legally-owned handguns, a coalition of campaigners, lawyers, academics, and victims' families formed the Gun Control Network to advocate for stricter gun laws and a comprehensive handgun ban. The Gun Control Network collaborated with the Snowdrop Campaign, founded by local Dunblane mothers, and victims' families to achieve their mission. The chairwoman of the Gun Control Network revealed that campaigners endured significant resistance, including death threats and bomb scares, during their efforts to secure the handgun ban in Britain.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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