Posted on 05/17/2013 5:45:46 AM PDT by rellimpank
In an age of terrorism, we have become used to seeing armed police at major railway stations and airports, or guarding other potential targets such as embassies. But when officers with guns are needed to patrol the streets of an English town because of an upsurge in gang shootings, it seems we have reached something of a watershed in our national life. The images of paramilitary-style policemen with assault rifles escorting parents and children to school in Luton are a shocking confirmation that law and order has collapsed in parts of our country. In the past four months, there have been nine gun-related incidents on two estates in the Bedfordshire town. Last weekend, a 16-year-old boy was shot in the back and may be paralysed.
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Sound advice. And don't ride anytime with your legs dangling over the side.
LTG Boykin took a .50 round to the arm in Grenada, but he only did it to level the playing field for Chuck Norris :-)
1—Obviously (and wrongly imo) there are restrictions on what I can buy. Assault rifles were banned in the UK in 1988 after the Hungerford mass killings by Michael Ryan the previous year. Some handguns (on the UK mainland) are restricted. But as a firearms licenced Brit, I can buy any rifle or shotgun I want. And some handguns.
2-Its a common mistake in both the UK and US that the British are subjects, because we have the Royals. British people have been citizens since 1948 and the Nationality Act.
I have been helping my British artist friend write the Queen to get some photographs of his art that she owns (in the late 1960s when he needed it, she had it shipped to him in the states for a show). In 1948 he was not long out of the Commandos and he still considers himself her subject and will use that form as suggested, when writing her.
“”Step 5: Sign off properly. If you are a citizen of the United Kingdom, you should end the letter with “I have the honour to be, Madam, Your Majesty’s humble and obedient servant” (or, if you prefer, “subject”). Otherwise, write “Respectfully yours,” “Faithfully yours,” or simply “Sincerely.”
I stand corrrected. Good to know.
But, back to the gun thing, AKMs and AR15s are not assault rifles (a term coined by the civilian disarmament forces around the world) They are merely semi-auto look alikes. And as far as what handguns you can own, what are the restriction?Could you own a .357 revolver? What about a Glock .40 USP? it is a common perception in the USA that brit CITIZENS are required to keep firearms stored at a range. Is this true?
They were classed as assault rifles by the UK govt, I can still own as many as I want, but deactivated.
Handguns?. No, I cannot own the most normal handgun, sadly. The Cullen Report post-Dunblane killings never actually recommended a handgun ban, just tighter controls.
UK firearm law requires all legal owners to keep their arms in a secured cabinet, but at home is perfectly acceptable. The notion they have to be kept at a range is not true. Some gun control morons here have tried to suggest it, thats true, but nobody’s listening.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom
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