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Xanthe Bates and her father Victor attend a meeting on gun crime in Nottingham on Thursday after her mother Marion was killed in an attack on thier family shop last month

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David Neil, 50, Bulwell, Nottingham, said at the meeting: "We need more policemen on the streets - just the presence will put them off. "

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Catherine, 29, housewife from Arnold: "There is not much support from police and we need more money for more police to catch these criminals."

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Richard, 33, Midlands campaigner for Oxfam: "The crime in Nottingham will not be solved unless we address gun crime internationally."

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Paul Henry, 69, retired diary supervisor, Nottingham: "We need longer sentences for these lads that get caught. They just get let off."

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Abdul Gaffoor, 64, self-employed textile manufacturer, Nottingham: "I know the police on the beat are doing their best, but crime keeps going up. Something is missing somewhere."

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Barry Davis, 65, retired schoolteacher: "There are no quick and easy solutions, but Nottinghamshire seems to have the highest crime rate and the lowest funding."

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Beth, 62, neighbourhood watch, Arnold : "I saw two lads hot-wiring a car and I rang the police and they never came. "