looks promising: Semi-auto gun ban plan has been dropped

[HH1]

https://ukshootingnews.wordpress.com/20 ... #more-4766

I hope it turns out to be true

[ovenpaa]

Fingers crossed it happens as Vicky Ford has outlined in the Draft

[Chuck]

here's hoping - cross everything.

[Blackstuff]

I must be being thick, what does this mean;

"The proposal to ban all semi-automatic firearms has been dropped, and instead will only apply to semi-auto firearms converted into full auto firearms."

Does this mean that guns which were originally manufactured to be semi-auto, but have been somehow/somewhere been getting legally converted to full-auto will now be illegal?? (Where is this mythical place?)

Or are we back to the semi-autos which could be converted to full-auto would be illegal nonsense (as that applies to virtually any semi-auto gun invented)

[Blackstuff]

OK so reading the actual document;

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/get ... V0%2F%2FEN

Its Amendment 74 (waaaaaay down the page).

It appears its proposed that its simply an offence to convert a S/A gun to F/A. Where was this not illegal?!

[Maggot]

Just a thought....

Might have meant a ban on full or semi auto rifles (full bore) converted to straight pull....??

Meaning anything that might conceivably be converted back. Only logic I can think of

[Blackstuff]

Where are you getting straight-pull from?! They're not manufactured as either semi-auto or full-auto guns aren't even on the table for discussion?!

There was previous concern about them due to the inclusion of military/full-auto 'resemblance' in the text but that's now been took off the proposal.

[WelshShooter]

OK so reading the actual document;

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/get ... V0%2F%2FEN

Its Amendment 74 (waaaaaay down the page).

It appears its proposed that its simply an offence to convert a S/A gun to F/A. Where was this not illegal?!

Hey, if they want to ban something that's already banned then I can't see the problem with that! Idiotic, but doesn't remove funs from people

[huntervixen]

Well, it certainly looks promising, though a potentially crushing blow for illegal automatic converters of semi automatic firearms, they will become.... sort of doubly illegal !

I think its a cracking idea to ban already prohibited firearms, that will keep the EU Parliament busy for months with even more pointless red tape while we prepare to vote OUT of the EU!

I will email the EU politburo with the suggestion that 1950's style nuclear tipped artillery shells should also be carefully considered for the ban list...


edit...Just occurred to me that nuclear tipped artillery shells might already be banned as expanding ammunition!

[HH1]

Today's update looks even better
https://ukshootingnews.wordpress.com/20 ... #more-4807