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Re: Another unhelpful headline from the Independent
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:12 pm
by Dougan
Dougan wrote:...what do they mean by 'no registration required'?! - Whatever handgun a crim gets his hands on is an illegal firearm, whether it's 1 year old or 100 years old!
Looks like I had the wrong end of the stick - I had assumed he was talking about old guns that fired known calibers, and didn't realise that anyone can have an S58, and one had been used in the Woolwich incident...
...still though, I can't imagine that many crims are considering obsolete caliber weapons as their main choice, and it's more likely that for a very small number that it's all they could get.
The tone and inference of the article is still ridiculous, as it give the impression that historic weapons are popular with criminals
Re: Another unhelpful headline from the Independent
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 8:18 pm
by Dougan
huntervixen wrote:Unfortunately its the usual hysterical "GUNS ON THE STREETS AND WERE ALL GOING TO DIE" reporting......a real non issue, compared to the amount of knife crime and drunken after hours brawling that's prevalent in our cities.
Exactly, and in the Woolwich murder the b****** killed Rigby with a car and knives...not a gun.
Re: Another unhelpful headline from the Independent
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2014 11:38 pm
by 1066
Isn't this about raising the profile of NABIS - part of an on-going marketing strategy. Have they set themselves up as a private company now along ACPO lines or is this just mission creep and empire building?
Re: Another unhelpful headline from the Independent
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 10:13 am
by froggy
I think that sums it up pretty well ...
Re: Another unhelpful headline from the Independent
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2014 3:06 pm
by huntervixen
:lol: Thats about as accurate as your typical British newspaper !! :lol: