Adverts for banned handguns spark fears as father of Dunblane Tragedy victim hits out

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A worrying increase in online adverts for banned handguns has prompted urgent calls for action.Stirling and Strathallan MP Chris Kane, backed by the father a Dunblane Tragedy victim, has called on the UK Government Ministers to clamp down on the illegal ads and launch an investigation.The MP was alerted to the disturbing material on Google and Youtube by concerned constituents - one of whom was confronted with an ad for a “Glock 19” while shopping online for air filters.Dr Mick North lost his daughter Sophie, five, in the 1996 tragedy at Dunblane Primary School.He was among those who successfully campaigned for a handgun ban in the wake of the shootings, and who continue to monitor gun control both domestically and overseas to this day.Dr North told the Stirling Observer: “The proliferation of online adverts for weapons which, for very good reasons, were banned in Great Britain 28 years ago is very disturbing and any measures that can be taken to stop them must be taken.“No one should be encouraged in any way whatsoever to try and buy a handgun or anything that resembles one.”Gun control campaigners are also believed to have noticed an increase in the number of firearm adverts coming through popular online platforms such as ads for hybrid-type weapons, including 3D printed, CO2 powered and real firearms.MP Chris Kane was approached by two separate constituents - one a former pupil of Dunblane Primary - after they were confronted with unsolicited adverts for firearms online.The former Dunblane Primary School pupil, described the advert which appeared before them on a video streaming site as “horrifying” and said it claimed to be for a legal mail order handgun.They added: “Hopefully it is a scam, but I wondered who I ought