When this year’s call for evidence was launched, Laura Sugden, the partner of a man who was murdered by neighbour Anthony Lawrence with a crossbow, spoke of her hope that tighter ownership laws ...

there has been a growing campaign to reform crossbow ownership laws in the UK. It has risen following a series of other attacks, including: In 2018, Shane Gilmer was killed by Anthony Lawrence, in ...

Figures show that crossbow attacks led to fewer than 10 deaths between 2011 and 2021. In 2018, Shane Gilmer was killed by ...