looks promising: Semi-auto gun ban plan has been dropped

[dromia]

Here is the direct link to the report so that people can read and interpret the document for themselves rather than relying on a "journailstic" view.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/get ... V0%2F%2FEN

[Blackstuff]

Well, it certainly looks promising, though a potentially crushing blow for illegal automatic converters of semi automatic firearms, they will become.... sort of doubly illegal !

I think its a cracking idea to ban already prohibited firearms, that will keep the EU Parliament busy for months with even more pointless red tape while we prepare to vote OUT of the EU!

I will email the EU politburo with the suggestion that 1950's style nuclear tipped artillery shells should also be carefully considered for the ban list...


edit...Just occurred to me that nuclear tipped artillery shells might already be banned as expanding ammunition!

You're laughing but detonating a nuclear bomb in Britain was only made a crime in the mid 2000's!!

[HH1]

Its is a crime to unlawfully kill another human being..... so surely it is a moot point as to what weapon is used?

Its the catch 22 situation of only law-abiding people obey laws.... criminals don't obey laws

[huntervixen]

ahhhh HH1 used the bad "W" word, we need a reasonable adult to reprimand him please aaarggh aaarggh

[HH1]

ahhhh HH1 used the bad "W" word, we need a reasonable adult to reprimand him please aaarggh aaarggh

gunlike

[Blackstuff]

Its is a crime to unlawfully kill another human being..... so surely it is a moot point as to what weapon is used?

Its the catch 22 situation of only law-abiding people obey laws.... criminals don't obey laws

But just imagine a scenario where somehow one was detonated and no one was hurt/killed (underwater/underground/Batman flys it out to sea ), and then the government couldn't charge the person with a crime Other than perhaps some kind of environmental pollution etc

[Chuck]

Its is a crime to unlawfully kill another human being..... so surely it is a moot point as to what weapon is used?

Ahh no, some people actually think that one firearm or weapon can be "especially more dangerous" than another. Yeah well a nuke is more dangerous than say a catty I suppose

Anyway, here was me thinking it was the wee pointy or flat / expanding thing that came out the end that was dangerous - if it hit anyone that is.

[dromia]

Anything that is used to kill someone with intent is obviously a weapon.

[DL.]

Anything that is used to kill someone with intent is obviously a weapon.

As a youngster I read about a dubious fellow called Chung who had a fondness for wielding his 'clicky-ba' in the N/W frontier.

Damned dangerous if you ask me!

[Chuck]

DL..can you imagine THAT going into a comic nowadays

http://www.britishcomics.20m.com/wolf.htm