More UK firearm restrictions
Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:04 pm
The Home Office has been working overtime on proposals to define an antique firearm and also ban private possession of the .50 Browning rifles and Manually Activated Release System rifles. These are a rifle that ejects the case but holds the bolt back until it is released by a pull second pull on the trigger or by a separate lever. These are known as Lever Release rifles. The Home Office view these as an attempt to get around the semi auto ban. Not one of these rifles that are legally held have ever featured in a crime. However, the Home Office view is that they may get stolen and due to the power of the .50 Browning and rapid fire rate of the others they present a risk to the public. This, of course, is a load of nonsense.
They also want to ban mail order of knives and make mere possession of some types of knife, even if kept at home, a criminal offense. The fact that the vast majority of knife crime is carried out with kitchen knives doesn't seem to matter to them.
If I were a young man, I think I would be looking to live somewhere else.
Regards
Peter.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultat ... e-firearms
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... ation-.pdf
They also want to ban mail order of knives and make mere possession of some types of knife, even if kept at home, a criminal offense. The fact that the vast majority of knife crime is carried out with kitchen knives doesn't seem to matter to them.
If I were a young man, I think I would be looking to live somewhere else.
Regards
Peter.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultat ... e-firearms
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... ation-.pdf