Posts by Beerhunter

Police stats inflate the number of guns actually stolen in Blighty

Re: Shocked

I'm afraid that mrbawsaq has got it wrong with: Certain types of pistols (I.e semi automatic above .22 calibre and fully automatic) are banned from the general public. There are many types of pistols that are perfectly legal."

There are NOT "many types of pistol that are perfectly legal. The 1997 Acts (there were two) removed from civilian ownership ALL pistols and revolvers: self-loaders, revolvers, single shot - ALL of them; with a (very) few exceptions based on use e.g. humane destruction, slaughtering, starting athletic races. It is simply NOT possible to own a pistol for target shooting (the main use before the ban) for example - end of.

BTW, fully automatic weapons have been banned in the UK sincc the 1920s.

Be nice to the public, PC Plod. Especially if you're trying to stop terrorists

It has been said many times that only the police and the Army should have guns. It was a recurring mantra from the Gun Control Network (all four of them) that if only this gun or that gun was banned from civilian ownership then all would be well with the world. In line with this thinking, more and more types of firearm have been banned from civilian ownership over the years.

Unfortunately there is a fundamental flaw in this approach - criminals do not obey laws! Pistols and revolvers have been pretty well banned from civilian ownership since 1997. According to the people who want guns banned, that in the years following 1997 there should have been an immediate reduction in the miss-use of handguns. Did it? On the contrary the criminal use of firearms doubled in the years following the ban. This showed quite clearly that, in the UK, there was NO causal link between the civilian ownership of pistols and revolvers and the use of such firearm by criminals.

Easy Targets

The shooting community has always been an easy target for the police. They know where we all are and what firearms we possess and as has been said we are EXTREMELY law abiding. So in 1997/98 we all trooped down to the local nick and handed our pistols and revolvers in.

Unfortunately this has had a detrimental effect on any attempt to fix handgun crime in the US. The NRA (The US version not the original one in Surrey.) point at what happened in the UK as reason to oppose any form of firearms licensing. They point out that after Hungerford and Dunblane the law-abiding had their guns taken off them by the government even though, in both cases, the failure was not with them but rather the licensing authorities.

Re: worth noting

Sorry buddy but that's nonsense. Let's start with: what on earth have amnesties got to do with firearms licensing? Additionally, your use of incorrect terminology shows clearly that you do not "deal with this stuff every day". Please stop muddying the water.

Grundig pushes BBC iPlayer to Freesat boxes

Sale of Goods Act

That piece on the Bush boxes seems to give Harvard a bit of an easy ride. For example: "However, it pledged to charge owners just £15 to have their set-tops replaced with new, BBC iPlayer-capable kit."

JUST £15! The boxes clearly had a fault when purchased and so, under the Sale Of Goods Act, should be replaced or repaired foc for up to SIX YEARS after purchase.