Dunblane father John Crozier angry at Farage stance on firearms The father of a five-year-old killed in the Dunblane massacre of 1996 has spoken out against comments on firearms legislation made by Nigel Farage. The UKIP leader told a radio phone-in that the ban on handguns, introduced in the wake of the massacre was "ludicrous." John Crozier, whose five-year-old daughter Emma was shot dead at Dunblane Primary School, said he was convinced that the handgun ban had meant there had been no repeat in the UK of a school gun massacre. He said: "A whole generation have grown up since the handgun ban was introduced and thankfully there have been no more school shootings in Britain. How many lives have been saved? Just look at the USA, where the number of children killed and injured by people with guns in schools and colleges is obscene. It is not the ban on handguns that is ludicrous, it is the foolishness of those who would risk our children's lives so that a few people can play with guns. As someone who has had to endure the agony of losing a child to gun violence I urge people to treat Farage and UKIP with the derision they deserve. Graham Houston, SNP councillor for Dunblane, said Mr Farage's remarks showed "insensitivity" to the victims of the tragedy. He said: "There is no need for people to keep handguns in their homes. I've lived in Dunblane for many years and obviously Mr Farage was not there when that evil visited Dunblane, but if he had any sense of the deep grief that was felt by the parents and locals he would hang his head in shame before making comments like this. On Friday, after Farage uttered his comments, Ann Pearston, who founded the Snowdrop campaign, which led to the handgun ban, said: "We are in a country where you are entitled to your own opinion however all the arguments heard in 1996 and 1997 still hold true 18 years later."