Licensing changes after shooting

Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, has said there will be changes to the shotgun and firearms licensing regime following the mass shooting incident in Plymouth in August.

Jake Davison, 22, killed five people in the Devon city on 12 August, including his mother, before turning the shotgun on himself. In the wake of the incident it came to light that Davison had a legal certificate and that his gun had been returned to him this year following an allegation of assault. In a written statement to the House of Commons, Ms Patel said: “The Home Office is bringing forward new statutory guidance to improve how people applying for a firearms licence are assessed in future.”

The changes will most likely be to do with the medical verification of an applicant.