One Of The Dealiest, Yet Most Life Changing, Mass Shootings In The UK

This is my Social Studies video on The Dunblane Massacre. I call it the most life-changing, as it was the mass shooting that made the government decide to tighten the gun laws in the UK.
This is the transcript of the video for if you don't understand! -

The Dunblane Massacre. Known as the deadliest mass shooting in UK history.

The perpetrator, Thomas Watt Hamilton was a 43-year-old ex-shopkeeper living in Dunblane at the time. At 20, he volunteered at Boy Scouts as a leader. 

Originally, in July 1973, he was appointed an assistant. Later that year, he was seconded as the leader of a troop which was currently being revived. Many complaints were made, a lot to do with sexual harassment towards the young scouts. 

After a while, Hamilton was blacklisted by the association.

Though the true motive was not discovered, many believe it was out of anger towards those who spread rumours that caused the many sporting clubs he ran to be stopped, others think he was angry at the Scouts Association for banning him.

March 13, 1996, Hamilton arrived at school at half past 9 am. He proceeded to cut the cables on the telephone poles. 

He entered the school, armed with 4 guns. One of the teachers, Gwen Mayor, had just entered the gym with her class of 29 when he fired a couple shots before entering the gym. 

He began opening fire, wounding many. He left the gym and headed towards the library and other facilities before returning later, dropping the previous gun and choosing another to end his own life.

18 people died that day, including the teacher, Gwen Mayor, and Hamilton himself. People began protesting for the gun laws to be changed. 

Citizens launched the Snowdrop Campaign, which seeked change in the British gun laws. About 750,000 people signed a petition to change the gun laws in the UK.

The government listened to the residents and tightened the laws. Currently, the law states a ban on all cartridge ammunition handguns. This left only muzzle-loading and historic handguns legal, as well as a set kind of sporting handguns.