AOAV argues for much needed reforms in the UK’s firearms licensing system, advocating for a unified licensing framework, broader public consultations, better data collection, and a focus on domestic violence prevention and emerging firearm threats.

Amidst the devastation in Gaza, new insights from the Ministry of Health reveal the immense challenges and evolving methods of accurately recording the dead, highlighting the complexity of casualty data collection in conflict zones.

Professor Mike Spagat critiques the mortality estimates in Gaza, arguing that the projection of 186,000 total deaths based on indirect-to-direct death ratios is speculative and lacks a solid foundation, emphasising the need for context-specific and transparent data collection methods.

The Gaza Ministry of Health recently released a detailed yet flawed list of war fatalities, revealing that 54.4% of the recorded deaths are women or children, exacerbating the confusion surrounding the actual death toll.