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RECORDED CRIMES AND OFFENCES INVOLVING FIREARMS, SCOTLAND, 2000

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

Table 7

Number

Crime/offence

How firearm was used

Fired - fatal injury

Fired - causing injury

Fired - damage to property

Fired - no injury/ damage

Blunt instrument

Used to threaten

Other use

TOTAL

Total

2

304

312

18

12

199

91

938

Homicide

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

Attempted murder

-

7

-

1

-

-

-

8

Assault

-

214

-

5

7

25

-

251

Robbery

-

1

-

2

4

130

-

137

Vandalism

-

-

239

-

-

-

-

239

Reckless conduct with firearms

-

77

67

9

-

-

1

154

Firearms Act 1968 offences

-

1

4

1

1

19

89

115

Other crimes & offences

-

4

2

-

-

25

1

32

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