British police will be required to check the social media profiles of firearm licence applicants under new rules following the Plymouth mass shooting in England, The Times newspaper reported.
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In the autumn, the British government will publish new statutory guidance outlining how police forces handle firearm licence applications. It will include the requirement to check social media, the newspaper said.
A man shot dead five people in the southern English city of Plymouth on Thursday in a rare British mass shooting. He then turned his gun on himself after killing the five victims.
