Hungerford massacre

The Hungerford Massacre was a shooting that occurred in Hungerford, Berkshire, the United Kingdom on August 19, 1987. A 27-year-old unemployed local labourer, Michael Robert Ryan, armed with several weapons including an AK-47 rifle, shot sixteen people dead, including his mother, and wounded fifteen others, then shot himself. A report on this incident was commissioned by British Home Secretary, Douglas Hurd, from the Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police, Colin Smith.

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Hungerford - Berkshire - United Kingdom - August 19 - 1987 - Michael Robert Ryan - AK-47 - Rifle - Home Secretary - Douglas Hurd - Chief Constable - Colin Smith

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The massacre led to the Firearms (Amendment) Act, 1988, which banned the ownership of semi-automatic centre-fire rifles and restricted the use of other firearms with a capacity of more than two rounds. The Hungerford Report had demonstrated that Ryan's collection of weapons was legally licensed.

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Semi-automatic - Centre-fire - Hungerford Report

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