Plymouth shootings: Major reform of gun laws needed, coroner warns
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"Root and branch reform" of firearms legislation is needed after a mass shooting in Plymouth, a coroner has said.
In a preventing future deaths report, coroner Ian Arrow said current gun laws were "at odds with public safety".
An inquest which ended in February found "catastrophic failure" at Devon and Cornwall Police.
Jake Davison, 22, used a legally held shotgun to kill his mother and four others before killing himself.
Maxine Davison, Sophie and Lee Martyn, Kate Shepherd and Stephen Washington were killed in the August 2021 shootings.
Mr Arrow, the senior coroner for Plymouth, Torbay and South Devon, said there had been a "serious failure at a national level" to implement recommendations after the Dunblane massacre in 1996.
He said he was concerned "in other police force areas weapons may remain in the hands of individuals who pose a risk to the public".
He asked all chief constables in England and Wales to consider a further review of all gun licences approved over the past five years.