A VICAR paid tribute to anti-gun campaigner Janice Collins, saying she had made the entire country safer.
Hundreds of mourners at her funeral yesterday were told how the mum of murdered teenager Brendon Lawrence had left a lasting legacy.
"She put herself on a path that has undoubtedly led not just to St Ann's being a safer place, not just to Nottingham being a safer place, but to the country as a whole being a safer place," said Rev Richard Clark.
Family and friends packed St Andrew's Church, Mansfield Road, to pay tribute to the 56-year-old who died of cancer last week.
Mr Clark, who led the funeral and had known the founder of the protest group Mothers Against Guns for more than ten years, said: "She campaigned with a deep and heartfelt commitment for the reduction of the availability of weapons of death across this land.
"That is her lasting legacy, not just to the family she loved, not just to the city she loved, but to all of us wherever we are."
Mr Clark made reference to the Boxing Day shooting in St Ann's and urged the community to "put a stop to it now, let's keep it stopped".
He added: "We do not want to go down that road again. I do not want to take any more funerals like Brendon's."
MP Vernon Coaker was among those gathered outside the church as the horse-drawn carriage carrying Miss Collins arrived.
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