The 15-year-old pulled the air pistol from his waistband and held it to the boy’s head in the Fallowfield area of Cambridge. A 15-year-old who held an air pistol to another boy’s head after he refused to buy cannabis from him has been banned from Cambridge city centre. The teenager, who cannot be named for […]
Crime
Police Bust Suspected Illegal Online Airgun Trader
Police in North Jakarta have arrested a 28-year-old man for allegedly selling airguns illegally via social media. Tanjung Priok Police criminal unit head Adj. Comr. Faruk Rozi said the arrest was the result of his team’s investigation. The police’s cyber patrol initially received information the suspect, identified as Rachmat Norman Taufiq, was illegally selling the […]
Bird hunters turn foes as man open fires at friend in Pune
A petty dispute over firing of an air gun led a 27-year-old man to open fire at his friend from a close range in Nanded Phata on Wednesday. According to the Sinhagad police, the two friends, identified as Ronit Devidas Rathod (25) and Bharat Wagh (27), bought an air gun as Wagh is interested in […]
This Is Why Armed Police Were Called To Coventry Bus Station
Armed officers from West Midlands police were called to reports of a man with a gun at Pool Meadow bus station on Friday night. Calls were made to police about a man with a gun in a bag at the Fairfax street terminal in the city centre at around 6.30pm. A witness told CoventryLive a […]
60 Year-old man arrested for threatening finance company agents with airgun
Chennai: A 60-year-old man has been arrested by the city police in Chennai for threatening three employees of a private finance firm with an airgun when they asked him to pay dues for a luxury car he bought on loan. According to the police, the accused has been identified as Sembarajan who is a resident […]
State legislators approve hunting law changes
A bill touching on a number of changes to the state’s hunting and fishing laws passed out of the state Senate Natural Resources and Environment Committee by voice vote Tuesday. “Last year, the majority of this bill passed out of the Senate about four times, if I remember correctly,” said state Sen. Tyler Harper, R-Ocilla […]
What is an Airsoft Gun? Are They Safe? Who Can Use One?
A nonlethal airsoft gun is at the center of the controversial Tempe police shooting of 14-year-old Antonio Arce. Police have said the boy stole the gun from a vehicle and ran from police. A Tempe officer chased Arce down an alley and shot him as he was running away. What is an airsoft gun? An airsoft […]
Man Who Drank Poitín Bought an Air Gun to Shoot a Mouse
A man who was in a pub in Westport with an imitation firearm in his trousers was going to use it to shoot a mouse, a court has heard. Paul Walsh (37) of 90, Knockaphunta Park, Westport Road, Castlebar appeared before Westport District Court sitting in Castlebar on Thursday last where he pleaded guilty to possession […]
Woman injured after air gun pellets fired at Auckland supermarket car park
Flying fragments from a windscreen shattered by air gun pellets left an Auckland woman with facial injuries and police hunting those responsible for firing the shots. The woman was injured in the carpark of Devonport’s New World supermarket on Wednesday evening. A police spokesman said it was lucky no-one was seriously injured. “We are asking anyone that may […]
Dramatic Footage Released of Whisky Drinking Gunman in Police Shooting Incident
Dramatic video of police shooting a suspect who swigged whisky, crossed himself and raised his weapon at armed officers has been released after he was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order. Samuel Houlihan, 25, was described in court as “remarkably lucky” to suffer only a flesh wound when he was shot at close range by […]