Rupert Lowe, leader of the Restore Britain party and a former Reform UK MP, has come under criticism after describing the 1996 Dunblane school massacre as “one murder”. In interviews reported by outlets, Lowe links his characterisation to opposition to the UK’s handgun laws introduced after the attack. He says the ban was implemented “because there was a murder up in Dunblane” and further argues that licensing rules make gun ownership excessively difficult. The comments were made in the context of discussion of the handgun ban that followed the killing of 16 children aged five and six and their teacher at Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996, when the gunman, Thomas Hamilton, later killed himself. During the attack, 15 other children were also injured before the deaths. Scottish politicians quoted in coverage criticise Lowe’s wording as minimising the scale of the atrocity. They say the killings involved multiple victims and that the remarks are disrespectful to those affected by the tragedy.