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Police chiefs demanded 'crossbow ban' two months before 3 women were slaughtered at home | UK | News

Police chiefs demanded ‘crossbow ban’ two months before 3 women were slaughtered at home | UK | News

Police chiefs called for urgent action to stop crossbows getting into the wrong hands two months before the shocking murders of three women with one of the weapons, but the former Tory government ignored their plea.Last week the Sunday Express…
A reporter holds a £200 crossbow purchased from Phoenix Archery in Burnley, where questions were asked but the weapon nevertheless bought within minutes

The terrifying ease with which the Mail bought deadly crossbows for less than £200… As triple killing suspect is arrested after mother and two daughters slaughtered with the weapon in their home

On Thursday, I ordered an EK Archery Blade+ compound crossbow that can fire an aluminium bolt at 350 feet per second, fast enough to rip through the torso of a deer – or a person.I haven't had any safety training, no one has checked my…