Dunblane school massacre

The Dunblane school massacre was one of the deadliest mass murders in the UK's history, when gunman Thomas Hamilton killed sixteen children and one teacher at Dunblane Primary School near Stirling, Scotland on 13 March 1996, before killing himself.Public debate about the killings centred on gun control laws, including public petitions calling for a ban on private ownership of handguns and an official enquiry, the Cullen Reports. In response to this debate, two new Firearms Acts were passed, which severely restricted private ownership of firearms in Great Britain.