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Earlier DU thread: Mass shooting in Plymouth England - the Incel killer was a supporter of Trump & Farage
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Source: The Guardian
Plymouth shooting: police reinstated gunmans firearms licence last month
Jake Davison had licence revoked in December but it was restored after he attended anger management course
Vikram Dodd, Jamie Grierson, Steven Morris, Matthew Weaver and Alexandra Topping
Fri 13 Aug 2021 19.31 BST
A gunman who killed his mother and four passersby, including a three-year-old girl, had his firearms licence revoked in December, but police reinstated it last month after he attended an anger management course.
Police will face an investigation over their dealings with Jake Davison, 22, who expressed sympathy for the incel movement and a keen interest in mass shootings. One resident from Plymouth, where the killing spree took place, said Davisons family had sought treatment for his mental health issues.
Detectives are also facing questions over the decision to treat the attack which was Britains worst mass shooting in over a decade as a domestic incident rather than a terror attack. On Friday evening sources said the main motives under investigation were a hatred of women and mental heath issues.
As well as his mother, Maxine, 51, Davisons victims were named on Friday as Lee Martyn, 43, and his three-year-old daughter Sophie Martyn, whom he is believed to have adopted, and Stephen Washington, 59, and Kate Shepherd, 66.
Devon and Cornwall police suspended Davisons firearms licence in December last year over concerns about his suitability to hold a weapon, but deemed him suitable to have his gun back last month. He had held a licence since 2018.
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Jake Davison had licence revoked in December but it was restored after he attended anger management course
Vikram Dodd, Jamie Grierson, Steven Morris, Matthew Weaver and Alexandra Topping
Fri 13 Aug 2021 19.31 BST
A gunman who killed his mother and four passersby, including a three-year-old girl, had his firearms licence revoked in December, but police reinstated it last month after he attended an anger management course.
Police will face an investigation over their dealings with Jake Davison, 22, who expressed sympathy for the incel movement and a keen interest in mass shootings. One resident from Plymouth, where the killing spree took place, said Davisons family had sought treatment for his mental health issues.
Detectives are also facing questions over the decision to treat the attack which was Britains worst mass shooting in over a decade as a domestic incident rather than a terror attack. On Friday evening sources said the main motives under investigation were a hatred of women and mental heath issues.
As well as his mother, Maxine, 51, Davisons victims were named on Friday as Lee Martyn, 43, and his three-year-old daughter Sophie Martyn, whom he is believed to have adopted, and Stephen Washington, 59, and Kate Shepherd, 66.
Devon and Cornwall police suspended Davisons firearms licence in December last year over concerns about his suitability to hold a weapon, but deemed him suitable to have his gun back last month. He had held a licence since 2018.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/13/plymouth-shooting-police-reinstated-gunmans-firearms-licence-last-month
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(UK) Plymouth shooting: police reinstated gunman's firearms licence last month (Original Post)
Eugene
Aug 2021
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hlthe2b
(102,225 posts)1. This is the UK. Since when are they routinely allowing gun ownership. Did I miss something?
bluedevil4
(305 posts)2. I was thinking
the same
malaise
(268,930 posts)3. You missed the rise of the RW
and the fact that many cops are sympathetic to these scumbags.
malaise
(268,930 posts)4. You missed the rise of the RW
and the fact that many cops are sympathetic to these scumbags.