HC Deb 13 March 1893 vol 9 c1850
SIR FREDERICK MILNER

I beg to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been called to the case of Thomas De Groat, tried this week at the Central Criminal Court for shooting at William Newman with a revolver, and to the opinion expressed by Mr. Justice Hawkins that Parliament should place the same restrictions on the sale of revolvers as they do in the case of poisons; and whether, in view of the numerous accidents that have taken place, he will take steps to prevent the indiscriminate sale of these deadly weapons?

MR. ASQUITH

My attention has been previously called to the case of Thomas De Groat, tried last week at the Central Criminal Court for shooting at a man with a revolver. But the general question of placing restrictions on the sale of revolvers has been engaging my serious consideration; and I am collecting information in the hope that some legislation on the subject may be found to be practicable.