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The Brit · 01-14-2006, 12:24 PM

Aaron,

The illegal possestion of any firearm has a jail sentence of 5 years attached to it. Not sure if any criminal who has been charged under this law has actually served this jail time.

The criminal use of firearms has risen each year since the handgun ban. I'm not sure as to the percentages, but seem to recall one year it was mentioned in the press that firearm use by criminals had risen 37% that year. Clearly, the handgun ban has been the failure it was claimed it would be by those few Mp's who were against it in the first place. Only this week has seen the funeral of a WPC who was gunned down in Bradford. Shot with an illegally owned handgun. I've not seen any reference to where the scum got it from. The handgun ban didn't save that brave ladies life did it?

I think the government were supprised when most legal gun owners who were paid out for their handguns went out and spent the money on other legal firearms.

Another recent ban our wonderful leaders imposed on us was the 'banning' of Brocock self contained air cartridge guns. They have 'grandfathered' them so the present owners can still keep them, but they are unable to sell, give away or swap them. When the original owner dies, the guns have to be handed in to the police. One rule they made was any owner who had one of these had to apply for a firearms certificate. Most owners didn't own 'real' firearms, so now they have been forced to hold their airguns on FAC they have mostly also applied for real guns to go on it at the same time, again increasing the amount of legal firearms in public hands, not what the powers that be intended I think.

I'm not alone in my opinion on this, but I would leave this Country tommorow and move to the U.S. if I could afford to. I have spoke to my wife about doing this, but I'm 45 now and really can't face the upheavel of it.

I will certainly think about retiring to Florida when my working life comes to an end, but that is a few years away yet.

The police in the UK get closer to an fully armed force each time an officer is killed. I personally think this would be a large backward step and the use of firearms would excalate out of control. We have armed response police who's job it is to deal with firearms offences. the average bobby has little knowleadge of guns, prob. only what he/she was shown in basic training.

I work with/for members of the public and of all those I've spoke to about the handgun ban, not one has thought it a good idea. I've also spoken to several police officers, again, all with the opinion that it was a knee jerk reaction and a 'vote catcher' in an election year.

Sorry about the long post but it is a subject that angers me ( and the 50,000 other shooters that it affected) !!

01-14-2006, 12:24 PM	#9
The Brit User Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: UK Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Aaron, The illegal possestion of any firearm has a jail sentence of 5 years attached to it. Not sure if any criminal who has been charged under this law has actually served this jail time. The criminal use of firearms has risen each year since the handgun ban. I'm not sure as to the percentages, but seem to recall one year it was mentioned in the press that firearm use by criminals had risen 37% that year. Clearly, the handgun ban has been the failure it was claimed it would be by those few Mp's who were against it in the first place. Only this week has seen the funeral of a WPC who was gunned down in Bradford. Shot with an illegally owned handgun. I've not seen any reference to where the scum got it from. The handgun ban didn't save that brave ladies life did it? I think the government were supprised when most legal gun owners who were paid out for their handguns went out and spent the money on other legal firearms. Another recent ban our wonderful leaders imposed on us was the 'banning' of Brocock self contained air cartridge guns. They have 'grandfathered' them so the present owners can still keep them, but they are unable to sell, give away or swap them. When the original owner dies, the guns have to be handed in to the police. One rule they made was any owner who had one of these had to apply for a firearms certificate. Most owners didn't own 'real' firearms, so now they have been forced to hold their airguns on FAC they have mostly also applied for real guns to go on it at the same time, again increasing the amount of legal firearms in public hands, not what the powers that be intended I think. I'm not alone in my opinion on this, but I would leave this Country tommorow and move to the U.S. if I could afford to. I have spoke to my wife about doing this, but I'm 45 now and really can't face the upheavel of it. I will certainly think about retiring to Florida when my working life comes to an end, but that is a few years away yet. The police in the UK get closer to an fully armed force each time an officer is killed. I personally think this would be a large backward step and the use of firearms would excalate out of control. We have armed response police who's job it is to deal with firearms offences. the average bobby has little knowleadge of guns, prob. only what he/she was shown in basic training. I work with/for members of the public and of all those I've spoke to about the handgun ban, not one has thought it a good idea. I've also spoken to several police officers, again, all with the opinion that it was a knee jerk reaction and a 'vote catcher' in an election year. Sorry about the long post but it is a subject that angers me ( and the 50,000 other shooters that it affected) !!