A FATHER whose five year-old daughter was murdered in the Dunblane massacre has called for firearms legislation to be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.
Dr Mick North has argued that giving MSPs control over firearms would allow them to tighten laws to deal with Scotland's specific gun problems.
North, who lost his daughter Sophie in the killings, on March 13, 1996, claimed that UK ministers tened to ignore Scottish trends in gun use and misuse.
His argument, set out in his submission to the Calman Commission – the body set up to examine giving Holyrood more powers – once again sets him on a collision course with the country sports and shooting lobby.
North has been a prominent campaigner for tighter gun controls since Thomas Hamilton's shooting spree at Dunblane Primary School, which saw him take the lives of 16 pupils and their teacher before turning his gun on himself.
"Powers over policing and justice are already devolved and it is perverse that this one key area of legislation, whose consequences are felt by local communities and are dealt with and administered by local police forces and courts, remains reserved to Westminster," North said.
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