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Recorded Crimes and Offences Involving Firearms, Scotland, 2006-07

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Table 7A Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which an identified firearm other than an air weapon was alleged to have been used by crime/ offence and how used, Scotland, 2006-07

Crime/offence

Number

How firearm was used

Fired - fatal injury

Fired - causing injury

Fired - damage to property

Fired - no injury/ damage

Blunt instrument

Used to threaten

Other uses

TOTAL

Total

4

74

32

63

10

155

59

397

Homicide

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

Attempted murder

-

17

-

2

1

1

-

21

Serious assault

-

2

-

-

1

-

-

3

Robbery

-

1

-

-

5

44

-

50

Vandalism

-

-

19

-

-

-

-

19

Reckless conduct with firearms

-

10

10

29

-

2

1

52

Firearms Act 1968 offences (1)

-

3

1

7

1

48

24

84

Minor assault

-

40

-

7

2

23

-

72

Other crimes & offences

-

1

2

18

-

37

34

92

(1) Possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, commit crime and cause fear of violence. Does not include other miscellaneous offences.
These are now given separately in Table 15.

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