Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns
Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns
On March 13, 1996, Thomas Hamilton walked into the gym hall in Dunblane Primary School in Stirlingshire and shot dead 16 pupils and their teacher Gwen Mayor, seriously injuring 14 other pupils and two teachers. This documentary follows the campaign to ban private handgun ownership in the UK in the wake of the massacre, revealing how a group of ordinary people forced the government to ensure the tragedy could not happen again
Dunblane: How Britain Banned Handguns airs on BBC Scotland HD at 9:00 PM, Tuesday 10 March. (Subtitles, new, audio description.)
Topics
Education ➝ Science ➝ Factual Topics
General
Liz Mermin
Director
Steve Condie
Executive Producer
Mark Downie
Executive Producer