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Teenager who brought shotgun to Nuneaton school is jailed

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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...-brought-shotgun-to-nuneaton-school-is-jailed


Just stumbled upon this article on msn uk,


How can you buy so many bullets for a shotgun in the UK.

can someone please explain the gun law for UK and also why cannot we not name the boy - obviously he is white.

of course kids do suffer from - depression, an anxiety disorder and feelings of hopelessness as the judge stated.


if this was a black kid/brown arab/pakistani - would have been all of the news for ages
 
You're right that if this was some brown kid the press would be all over it and we'd be hearing a lot more about it.

Re not naming him, I believe this is common practice - child criminals are not allowed to be named unless a judge says otherwise.

As for the ammunition anyone who has a shotgun licence (he stole a family members legal shotgun) is allowed to buy as much ammunition as he/she wants - having just looked at some online shops some sell packs of 1000. The ammunition must be stored separately to the gun in a different safe/cabinet.
 
This takes the biscuit when it comes to 'white privilege'

At the Trojan Horse schools where the right wing created a furore over a white female headmistress and her Sikh deputy dramatically improving Muslim kids educational achievements and where Parliamentary Education select committees and subsequent High Court rulings have ultimately led to severe Government backtracking...

The Government is now teaching Muslim kids to shoot guns by creating militarised 'cadet forces' whilst their education goes to pot...

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Fallon launches army cadets scheme at 'Trojan horse' school <a href="https://t.co/60EFqgGx1s">https://t.co/60EFqgGx1s</a></p>— Guardian news (@guardiannews) <a href="https://twitter.com/guardiannews/status/783293604374646785">4 October 2016</a></blockquote>
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