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Even more ill thought out legislation.....

#1 Post by walesdave »

I was just having a look through the Antique Firearms Regulations 2021 which came into force earlier this year but are about to be enforced (end of the 'transition period') from 21 September 2021. https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... egulations

There appear to be more holes in this bit of daft 'media grabbing' legislation than in my dad' old string vest!

The whole obsolete cartridge thing is beyond me and the Sec58 handguns becoming Prohibited Weapons which are Sec5 but aren't and can be kept on a Sec1 FAC which doesn't require any "good reason" (with a condition never to be fired) but can't be sold as they are "particularly attractive to criminals and often feature in crime" - really?

I know all firearms legislation since the Pistol Act has been a pigs ear, but this latest lot is ludicrous. wallhead
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#2 Post by DaveB »

And this surprises you how? We are being governed (Britain, Canada, New Zealand) by a pack of useless bloody loonies who all belong on the B Arc.

(Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference for the very few of you who didn't either read the books or watch the TV series or listen to the BBC radio series)..
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#3 Post by FredB »

Having grown up with the obsolete calibre legislation, I don't find it confusing. The Home Office could easily simplify it and earn some brownie points with the media by making the whole lot section five.
Stop moaning and learn
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#4 Post by Pete »

DaveB said:"B arc"...You mean the golgafrinchams? Telephone sanitisers, baristas, shoe salesmen etc?

Aren't you being a bit soft on the crowd of corrupt ex-public school f***wits currently pulling our strings?

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#5 Post by DaveB »

Pete, yes, but only because there doesn't seem to have been a D Ark (Z Ark?).
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Good point......
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#7 Post by Chuck »

Forget arks...just put them all in oubliettes! teanews

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#8 Post by Plumose »

Forget the TV series, it was a Radio series first, and them became books.
I read the books before hearing any of the radio series or the TV series being created.
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