‘Tighter gun restrictions make me feel hopeful’, says bereaved twin

BBC Midlands Today

He said he believed that the “sounds are heard” because he entered the law of firing firmly on firearms, his twin sister and two nephews were hit by a legally held gun.
Emma Ambler made a campaign His sister Kelly Fitzgibbons and two nephews Ava and Lexi Needham have been killed in 2020 by Kelly’s partner in the West Sussex houses for more strict laws on weapon licensing.
Changes include an increase in the number of references required for hunting rifle certificate applications.
“For the first time, I’ve seen some changes that mean something,” Mrs. Ambler said.
“This has taken over most of my life for a long time,” he said.
“But in fact, in fact, all of this was not wasted and people are listening, policy and guidance is not strong enough … It needs to be strengthened and they work in this direction, it was actually a moment.”
Fitzgibbons’ father and father of Lexi’s father Robert Needham killed three of them with the family dog before turning the gun on his homes in Woodmancote.
A native murder The investigation found that he had applied to the police about previous convictions and depression treatment.
As of August 5, two referees will need two referees instead of the applicants for hunting rifle certificate applications.
The referees need to get to know the applicant for at least two years and have a guarantor for them – he said that the home office would have more opportunities for concerns to come up or identify.

“I don’t want another family to go, even if we always live, especially if it can be prevented in some way.”
He continued: “It has become a real task for me to make sure that Kelly did not happen to anyone else.”
He told BBC that he was hopeful and the changes made him emotional.
What is changing?
The home office said that the change on the rule on the number of referees was a direct response to the concerns brought to the agenda by the senior coronary, who organized investigations after the deadly shots in Plymouth in 2021. Jake Davison shot his mother And four people before killing herself.
In accordance with new rules, the police should now talk to partners and household members to determine the symptoms of domestic abuse, and other factors that may indicate that the applicant is not suitable for the language.
Additional checks should be performed to ensure that people with violence are not allowed to access firearms.
The questions about the evidence and integrity of fraud will also have an effect – if someone lies in their applications or does not disclose the medical conditions, it will bring their suitability to question the weapon.
Police Minister Diana Diana Johnson said: “Only those who meet the highest security and responsibility standards should be allowed to use a hunting rifle or firearms, and all applicants of the police have full information about their suitability for these deadly weapons.”

“Emma’s first thing for me has trained me about what the arms license laws are.” He said.
“He told me that there was nothing about the issue of fraud … In his sister’s case, [Robert Needham] He lied – something else we updated in this guidance.
“In cases where there is fraud in filling the form, this should stand against you to have a language, I think basic.”
He said that the updates in guidance are a product of listening to people like Mrs. Ambler and learning from the results. Plymouth shots And one A series of shots in the Scotland Plateau.
Government will strengthen the guidance further
“Even if someone was found to lie in a form before, even about what their addresses are … This would not stand against you, and now guidance is clear.” He said.
“It is impossible to prove that it is one way or another. [Needham] He couldn’t go out and find other vehicles.
“But certainly, if these changes were existed, we wouldn’t have kept the arms license, and I wouldn’t have killed so much people so fast and will.” He said.
The Ministry of Interior said it plans to strengthen the guidance further. Juliana Falcon’s shots And in September 2024, his two children in Luton.
Nicholas, the son of Juliana, bought the gun fraudulently online.
He said the government would consult of measures about the ways to strengthen the existing controls on the hunting rifle and to improve controls of firearms on special sales.