[sarcasm]Effectively then t'is all interwebz facts and totally troofs.[/sarcasm]Originally Posted by Mike
Those who own air rifles etc will be fine for now then...
[sarcasm]Effectively then t'is all interwebz facts and totally troofs.[/sarcasm]
Those who own air rifles etc will be fine for now then...
as far as i know you cant be granted a section 5 unles you are a dealer in fire arms, i know when they bought in the laws about brococks that you could keep them on your fac, but others could not handle/shoot them and if you want to despose of them you have to hand them in to the police!
i asked our fac officer and he knows nothing of this at the moment.
there are white papers coming out every week, lucky this government dont wanna ban everything.
on a diffrent note is there a part of this forum to introduce yourself
Proof is in the pudding so they say.
If, IF anything under 370fps became illegal, that would deem nearly every single paintball gun, air rifle, gas powered bb gun etc an hactual illegal firearm. Now, lets say a modest 5% of the UK's 61.8m people own such device.. thats a shade over 3m weapons goin go one each! For starters Ive got 3, my brother has 4 paintball markers, mate of mine has 2 etc etc blah blah yadda yadda.
How anyone is going to collate, catalouge & then bring to justice that amount of people is beyond me.
Ergo, a bit of initiative cries a mass amount of bs of any such law.
No, haven't failed to read it. The thing is, you don't just get a license to own firearms of one particular section or another; rather you get "slots" that are specific to one gun - as in my FAC states that I can own a single .22lr rifle, a single .17hmr rifle, a single. 22 FAC air rife (over 12 fpe) and moderators for all three. A shotgun certificate, however, grants you the permission to own as many shotguns of any calibre as you can physically ram into a cabinet (provided that they are'nt Section 1 or 5 firearms as defined by law).
What concerns me is that I would have to add ( at a cost, I might add) three additional slots for my air rifles and pistol, and a further two for the moderators for the rifles if this happened. I don't want to be forced into having more guns on my ticket than I have to because of a small element of society who are nothing to do with me or with legal shooting in general, which is what is being inferred in the OP - hence my comment about the law-abiding shooter suffering as a result of a few idiots.
As such, the vast majority of people who currently own and shoot an airgun have no license, because one is not needed; if they all had to apply retrospectively for an FAC there would be a huge pressure placed on an already overburdened firearms licensing system.
the law-abiding shooter suffering as a result of a few idiots.
yep agree with that.
this man talks sense
+ Government = Myth
Sense at last.
Thanks lads.
Don't know if it's been mentioned but basicly the bread and butter of firearms is that it includes anything from the following... LETHAL, BARRELLED, WEAPON... This is of any discription from which any shot, bullet or missile can be discharged.
So really it covers everything
It's pretty much down to the discretion of an officer either reg or firearms trained to choose if it needs seizing.
EDIT -
Oh and it comes under Section 16a of the Firearms Act if you use any of the above to cause fear or violence to another person.
Can you imagine all the kids that could be locked up right now
Last edited by NovaLad; 10-11-11 at 04:52 PM.
i wonder how fast i can fire the wrapper off a maccys straw
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