Hitherto uncovered crime — which is being ignored by police and authorities; A book on a completely new aspect of crime and punishment; As featured on BBC Radio, and in national and local newspapers; Colour photo section. Gunfire-Graffiti looks at the use of firearms to deface roadside structures and similar targets in public places. Based on investigations by the author and formal research, the book reveals what some people may think is a disturbing picture of gun use—one which passes largely unnoticed or is for some reason downplayed by the police, highways and other authorities.As the author shows, at the very least this kind of 'graffiti' is antisocial whilst it is hard to imagine circumstances in which it is not also criminal. Further, there are situations in which shooting in public can be highly dangerous. Focusing on the weapons used, from simple airguns to high velocity rifles and giving information from diverse parts of the UK, Matt Seiber paints a picture of tolerated Lawlessness which some readers will find extraordinary. A former Royal Marine and keen shooting sportsman, the author writes with the passion of someone whose deep-held concern that something is amiss has met with indifference in various quarters. His approach also displays telling humour born of frustration. It is now for the reader to decide.
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9781904380719
Index
A
academic support 24, 139
age of damage 142
air-weapons 18, 28, 30, 33, 62, 149
alcohol 53
Allsop, Dr Derek viii, 24, 139, 140
Ambleside 115
ammunition 32, 47, 139, 146
converted ammunition 36
improvised ammunition 18, 144, 146
amnesty 39, 70
armed patrols xiii
Association of Chief Police Officers 69
attack sites 19, 115
authorities viii
automatic weapons 38
Avon and Somerset Constabulary viii
B
balling 142, 143, 144
ballistics viii, 139
National Ballistics Intelligence Service 140
Basra 69
“Behind Enemy Lines” 88
Bell, Alistair 84
Berkshire 79, 104
Bird, Derrick 27, 103, 108
Bisley 61
Blackbushe Airport 91
Boer War 65
Boot 115
Bramshott Common 47
Brenneke, William 143, 148
British Crime Survey xi
Brown, Gordon 69
bullets 31, 37, 54, 74, 76, 92, 119, 141
distorted bullets 78
Burford 140
Button, Guy 84
Buxton 77
C
Calder Bridge 127
California ix
Cambridgeshire 47
cars, shooting at cars 85
Carterton 140
cartridge
spent cartridges 46
Cat and Fiddle 76
cattle warning signs 122
CCTV 45
Cheshire 77
Cheshire Police 79
choke 147
Cirencester 73, 95, 96, 98
clay pigeon s...
Table of contents
- Note on the 2014 Reprint
- Cover Photos
- Acknowledgements
- About the Author
- The Author of the Preface
- Preface by Nick Ross
- Introduction
- Dedication
- No Guns, Just Gunfire Damage!
- Guns in the UK
- Where, Who, When And Why?
- Sceptics, Gun Ranges and Illegal Imports
- More About Gunfire-Graffiti Sites
- Photo section
- The Absence of a UK Gun Culture
- Shooting Party on the A30
- What the Locals Think
- Some Thoughts on High Profile Cases
- A Trip to Cumbria
- Tangles with the Press
- The Cranfield Report
- Index