1500 UK minors arrested for "firearms" offenses 2013-2016
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 1:09 pm
https://www.rt.com/uk/337598-children-g ... e-arrests/
British police forces arrested 1,549 children, some as young as 10, for suspected firearms offences between 2013 and 2016. Figures suggest a 20 percent rise in the last year alone.
The statistics include weapons such as air rifles, BB guns, imitation firearms and Tasers.
The data was obtained through Freedom of Information (FoI) requests sent by the Press Association to all police forces in the UK, with 29 responding.