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title: "Dunblane and Hungerford: Two of the UK's Most Horrific Crimes"
description: "How the Hungerford and Dunblane massacres led to sweeping gun reform in the United Kingdom, banning handguns and assault weapons after two of Britain's worst gun crimes."
url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/dunblane-hungerford-uk-gun-reform.md
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datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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summaryUrl: https://casualcriminalist.pub/article/dunblane-hungerford-uk-gun-reform.md.summary.md
---

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How the Hungerford and Dunblane massacres led to sweeping gun reform in the United Kingdom, banning handguns and assault weapons after two of Britain's worst gun crimes.
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