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I am requesting the following information.
1) How many linked-series firearms – i.e firearms that have been used on more than one occasion – have been investigated by your police force over the last four calendar years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)?
2) The total number of firearms crimes the linked-series firearms have been involved in.
Clarification from requestor: Firearm to include any weapon, licensed or not (excluding air rifles), that have been linked to more than one incident or recorded crime.