<P> Members of the public may own sporting rifles and shotguns , subject to licensing , but handguns were effectively banned after the Dunblane school massacre in 1996 with the exception of Northern Ireland . Dunblane was the UK 's first and only school shooting . There has been one spree killing since Dunblane , the Cumbria shootings in June 2010 , which involved a shotgun and a . 22 calibre rifle , both legally - held . Prior to Dunblane though , there had only been one mass shooting carried out by a civilian in the entire history of Great Britain , which took place in Hungerford on 19 August 1987 . </P>
<P> Members of the public may own sporting rifles and shotguns , subject to licensing , but handguns were effectively banned after the Dunblane school massacre in 1996 with the exception of Northern Ireland . Dunblane was the UK 's first and only school shooting . There has been one spree killing since Dunblane , the Cumbria shootings in June 2010 , which involved a shotgun and a . 22 calibre rifle , both legally - held . Prior to Dunblane though , there had only been one mass shooting carried out by a civilian in the entire history of Great Britain , which took place in Hungerford on 19 August 1987 . </P>
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what kind of guns can you own in the uk
sporting rifles and shotguns
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