New bill ‘can stop another gun-related tragedy happening again’

Shadow minister for defence and Labour MP for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport Luke Pollard spoke of the need for “cool heads’ to “stop another gun-related tragedy happening again” in his ten minute rule motion.

Pollard described the way that the incident, which happened on 12th August 2021 in Plymouth, leaving 5 dead, had “devastated the proud and tight knit community”.

The new bill will widen the ban on “the keeping of pump action firearms in homes with exemptions for professional pest controllers and farmers” as well as making sure that “people with mental health do not have access to a gun”.