Early Day Motion·EDM 412

GUN CRIME

13 January 200437 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Ms Diane Abbott

LabourHackney North and Stoke Newington

Motion Text

That this House welcomes the All Party Parliamentary Group on Gun Crime's report, 'Combating the threat of gun violence'; supports the recommendation to ban imitation weapons and implement further controls on deactivated weapons; notes the recommendation that the universal arming of police should not be introduced; calls on the Police and other government agencies to improve co-ordination and information exchange on the issue of gun crime; and urges the Government to honour the election manifesto commitment to implement full extra-territorial controls on UK arms brokers operating abroad.