Babyshambles have been criticised following the publication of pictures of guitarist Mick Whitnall holding a double-barrelled shotgun. Mothers Against Guns spokesman Lucy Cope says: "It's disgusting that Babyshambles should be glamorising gun culture".
A spokesperson for the band says the gun doesn't work, so it's all right: "Babyshambles have never had working guns on their tour bus. Last December, Mick Whitnall bought a de-commissioned antique shotgun while on tour to Bristol. The band also had a toy plastic gun on board the bus".
A variety of reports claim that this is false, however, and the band own it to scare off potential thieves, which may or may not mean the band's frontman.