UK police forces asked to review gun application processes in wake of Keyham deaths

Police activity in Royal Navy Avenue in the Keyham area of Plymouth (Ben Birchall/PA)

Police forces in England and Wales are being asked to review their current firearm application processes in the wake of the Plymouth mass shooting, the Government has announced.

Questions are continuing to mount over how Keyham gunman Jake Davison, 22, obtained a firearms licence and carried out his spree, killing five people before turning the gun on himself.