Crimes and offences recorded by the police in which a firearm was alleged to have been used by main firearm used, Scotland, 2000

Table 6

Number

Main firearm used

How used

Shotgun

Rifle

Pistol/ Revolver

Airweapon

Imitation

Unidentified

Other

TOTAL

Total

39

11

93

570

54

142

29

938

Fired

- fatal injury

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

2

- causing injury

3

1

5

256

4

15

20

304

- damage to property

8

8

2

236

-

58

-

312

- no injury/damage

-

-

4

11

-

3

-

18

Used as a blunt instrument

2

-

6

1

-

1

2

12

Used to threaten

16

2

58

32

29

56

6

199

Other uses

10

-

17

34

21

9

-

91