GMP chief con: 'repealing handgun ban would boost crime'

[Demonic69]

I guess now all the legally owed handguns are gone the police can go in and collect all the handguns from the hood where there used to settle respect issues......oh aren't the police doing that yet? Come on chop chop the ban came in years ago......

The ban only came in for the law abiding... duh zzzzom

[Ares590]

also if handgun are problem, then i take it he refuses to allow Long barrel revovlers and pistols in his force areas because of FAC Holders using them to rob banks ! muppet !

nope, I got my LBR and Muzzle loading Remington 1858 no bother. I was expecting them to put up a fuss in my application but surprisingly they didn't.

[Sim G]

A publicly pro-shooting senior policeman would be committing career suicide - so even if they really thought this, they wouldn't say anything. Don't forget, officers that have an interest in shooting don't normally make it into firearms, so how is this stance likely to be viewed higher up the ladder?

Most top police officers are more politicians than anything else and like every other politician are interested in two things - themselves and power. Nothing (including truth) is likely to get in the way of that.

Not strictly true. The previous ACPO lead on firearms, Assistant Chief Constable Adrian Whiting, was a life long firearm and shotgun certificate holder and presented evidence to the Home Affairs Committee that actually suggested liberalising and repealing current legislation! Parliamentary business and an election put pay to his ideas being included in any HAC recommendations.

ACC Whiting has since retired and frankly, I cannot believe that neither the NRA or the BASC have not snapped him up as a consultant!

[ordnance]

He is talking rubbish, Handguns are SEC 1 in this part of the UK, and all the things he is talking about have not happened .

[Chuck]

Another ACPO tosser spouting crap, he's in the wrong job -he'd make a good politician. as said NONE of what this clown says will happen, it didn't before and won't now.

[Ares590]

He is talking rubbish, Handguns are SEC 1 in this part of the UK, and all the things he is talking about have not happened .

I've often thought about using that, but remember you have had troops deployed on the streets in the last 20 (infact OP banner only finished in 2007) so a lot of people would just laugh off that point, even though its true. and that the IRA/UVF weren't in the business of getting firearms licences for there AK's, VZ58, AR18 etc.