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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 fired causing injury by main firearm used, Scotland, 1991 - 2000

Table 9

Number & Percentage

Main firearm used

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

% change 99/00

Total

420

390

320

383

421

418

267

248

269

306

14

Shotgun

17

30

21

18

15

18

5

8

7

3

-57

Rifle

1

4

1

2

-

-

-

1

1

1

-

Pistol / Revolver

2

3

12

9

12

39

14

15

20

6

-70

Airweapon

386

344

269

322

355

332

235

215

229

256

12

Other

14

9

17

32

39

29

13

9

12

40

233

Total excluding airweapons

34

46

51

61

66

86

32

33

40

50

25

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