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Originally posted by DCCUK
I made a "profit" when I handed in my Model 29 and Woodsman - my only two "modern" guns at that time.
I keep/store my Heritage Pistols (Luger P '08 , Lahti M35, Walther PP RFV. Webley 25acp and S & W Model 52 among others) at the UK NRA Bisley Amory.
DCCUK
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Let me preface this by asking you to please not take offense DCCUK. That is not my intent, though my remarks may make it seem so... (one of the risks of communicating only with text)
It is difficult if not impossible for many Americans to understand how anyone can NOT equate the free and open possession of firearms with liberty. Throughout history and without exception, the first step to totalitarianism has always been to disarm the populace. Had they paid you a million pounds each for your weapons, you still would not have "profited" because your liberty was part of the deal.
Can you take your Luger or Lahti home with you whenever you want to? Can you carry one for protection if you feel threatened? If not, then "you" don't keep them anywhere. The government keeps them in a facility to which you have limited access and where they loan "their" guns (not really yours) to you on occasion and under strict supervision. You did not surrender some of your guns, you surrendered them all. You're just allowed to occasionally "visit" some of them. This is no different than if they had seized your dog, but allow you to occasionally visit him at the petting zoo.
It is unfortunate the British do not have anything like our 2nd Ammendment to hold off the onslaught of the mindless politically-correct who would happily disarm us all. The 2nd Ammendment is not and never has been about hunting, collecting or target shooting. It is there for one reason, and one reason only: because the framers of our Constitution knew that liberty could not last long unless citizens could maintain the ability to resist, with violence, a government gone out of control.
The fact that a country does not have protection for firearms ownership in its constitution alters nothing. A government that wants your guns, wants your liberty. When they have your guns, they have your liberty.
(As you may have guessed, this is a topic that gets me pretty hot under the collar. Freedom is a precious thing for which a great many American and British citizens have sacrificed their lives. Freedom can be protected only with firearms and in my opinion, anyone who wants my firearms deserves the kind of response the framers of the US Constitution would expect from me.)