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Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 4:32 pm
by TRG-22
Blimey - I've heard of some rough estates, but never ones where the disaffected youths carry chain saws...
Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 4:46 pm
by BamBam
MistAgain wrote:
two men , one armed with an chain saw that was active .
Which one of the two men only had one arm?
Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 4:53 pm
by TRG-22
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Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 4:55 pm
by TRG-22
BamBam wrote:Which one of the two men only had one arm?
The mate of the one waving the chainsaw about?
Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 10:15 pm
by Andy632
I've been in a pub (in Cromarty) where a guy, after being refused more drink, came back into the pub with a chainsaw, started it up and threatened to carve the place up. Don't ask me what happened next, cos I finished my pint & left, sharpish like!
Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:14 am
by Blackstuff
TRG-22 wrote:One, or a few, less now.
OOI, if he'd been able to load one, where would he stand, legally, with using it? At first glance it does seem like reasonable and proportionate force to use against someone armed with an active chainsaw in order to prevent a serious crime.
Good luck getting a UK legal length firearm loaded inside a car and bringing it to bear on someone on the drivers side of the vehicle, even if you had it in the passenger seat footwell! Better to use the car itself
Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 7:29 pm
by Dark Skies
Blackstuff wrote:TRG-22 wrote:One, or a few, less now.
OOI, if he'd been able to load one, where would he stand, legally, with using it? At first glance it does seem like reasonable and proportionate force to use against someone armed with an active chainsaw in order to prevent a serious crime.
Good luck getting a UK legal length firearm loaded inside a car and bringing it to bear on someone on the drivers side of the vehicle, even if you had it in the passenger seat footwell! Better to use the car itself
And be prepared for your eardrums to feel like they've gone pop discharging a firearm in the confines of a closed vehicle - even with a door open.
Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:37 pm
by Sim G
Dark Skies wrote:
And be prepared for your eardrums to feel like they've gone pop discharging a firearm in the confines of a closed vehicle - even with a door open.
My wife will attest to the effect of that.....
Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 6:30 pm
by Mattnall
BamBam wrote:MistAgain wrote:
two men , one armed with an chain saw that was active .
Which one of the two men only had one arm?
Re: More Gun Thefts .
Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:01 pm
by Racalman
Well if this really is a problem I see no reason why FAC holders shouldn't be permitted to carry a handgun to defend themselves while transporting their firearms.
A humane dispatch pistol would probably do it.