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The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:59 am
by 25Pdr
The World is now a safer place. 
Story...
I'm away to shoot some Clays, (While it is still legal)
Have a nice day everybody.
Re: The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 8:43 am
by saddler
Given the age of the gun, he COULD have legally had it on S.7 Exemption at one of the designated Heritage Sites.
LOTS of such things are still out there & more will appear in the next 5-10 years are the last of the WW2 veterans leave us & relatives turn up to do house clearances, etc.
I know of one such instance - an old WW2 Home Guard chap took his issue gun into a museum, as it'd been in his wardrobe drawer since 1945.
Must have been a big drawer as the gun was in the wooden storage chest, with the 100-rd & 50-rd drum mags...a 1928 Thompson no less. MINT.
Re: The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 9:16 am
by Sim G
If only the courts were as heavy handed with burglars....
Re: The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 10:41 am
by Thorney
Drink drive, kill someone, suspended sentence. Have an illegal gun 3years.
Our sentencing guidelines need a complete overhaul.
Re: The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:23 pm
by Geek
Sim G wrote:If only the courts were as heavy handed with burglars....
I couldn't agree more!!
Re: The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:24 pm
by Geek
Thorney wrote:Drink drive, kill someone, suspended sentence. Have an illegal gun 3years.
Our sentencing guidelines need a complete overhaul.
I again couldn't agree more!!
Re: The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 1:46 pm
by saddler
Why pick on burglars?
They've got a crack habit to feed...
Re: The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 4:24 pm
by safetyfirst
Irrespective of the issues with our justice system, if you've got an illegal firearm in your home you're taking a risk and you've got to expect to pay the price if you're caught.
This chap had a handgun and ammunition at home and he also left it out of the cabinet overnight so it seems.
I feel for the guy, clearly an enthusiast but the facts on the ground are that he couldn't be trusted to lock up a handgun and ammunition. Never mind the fact it was an illegal weapon, even if it had been a legally held one he'd still have lost his license for failing to secure it.
At the end of the day he's acted irresponsibly on several counts and as a result tarnished the reputation of the sport. I don't see why we should be championing his cause.
<casts out hook, waits for bite>
Re: The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 4:43 pm
by ordnance
He has paid a high price, but it was illegal and he knew it. With the hysteria wiped up in the media concerning firearms it was going to be a jail sentence. He was a firearms enthusiast there was nothing to stop him collecting them legally, deactivated or sec 7.
Re: The World is now a safer place.
Posted: Sat Dec 06, 2014 6:35 pm
by Thorney
safetyfirst wrote:Irrespective of the issues with our justice system, if you've got an illegal firearm in your home you're taking a risk and you've got to expect to pay the price if you're caught.
This chap had a handgun and ammunition at home and he also left it out of the cabinet overnight so it seems.
I feel for the guy, clearly an enthusiast but the facts on the ground are that he couldn't be trusted to lock up a handgun and ammunition. Never mind the fact it was an illegal weapon, even if it had been a legally held one he'd still have lost his license for failing to secure it.
At the end of the day he's acted irresponsibly on several counts and as a result tarnished the reputation of the sport. I don't see why we should be championing his cause.
<casts out hook, waits for bite>
100% agree.
But three years in prison?