Sinn Féin agenda calls for Dunblane-style gun controls in the North

DUNBLANE-STYLE gun controls should be introduced in Northern Ireland as part of efforts to deal with legally and illegally held weapons, Sinn Féin argued yesterday.

Sinn Féin, in its agenda for the review of the Good Friday Agreement, starting on February 3, will press for a programme of withdrawal of all British soldiers from the North and a date for a poll on a United Ireland.

The document, launched in West Belfast by Gerry Adams yesterday, said Sinn Féin believed “all parties must use their influence to resolve the issue of arms, in the context of the implementation of the Agreement”. However, it also said: “In addition, the proliferation of legally held arms needs also to be addressed through the introduction of Dunblane-style controls in the North of Ireland.”