From:   "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED]

edited to protect the identities of those on the list
concerned, as far as I know K has never been a shooter,
shows just how many people think the ban may have been a
waste of time?
Niel.

>Subject: police and guns]
>
>K J F-G wrote:
> >
> > Whoops, didn't see the response to yours till too late!
> >
> > M wrote:
> >
> > > > The police over here don't have guns unless they're part of a 
>special
> > > > firearms unit.  All these guys would have had would be a truncheon 
>(baton).
> > >
> > > WOW!  Now that is a scary thought.  An officer without a gun here is a 
>dead
> > > officer.  Different worlds isn't it.  I think I like your world 
>better.  Does
> > > the average person have a gun in their home?
> >
> > No, almost nobody has a gun unless:
> > 1) they shoot as a hobby (and small arms are now illegal thanks to Tony 
>f*****g
> > Blair and his cronies after Dunblane....when the kids got shot by a 
>nutter at their
> > school)
> > 2) they have a legitimate use for a shotgun or rifle (hunting,pest 
>control,
> > shooting ranges etc)
> > 3) they are "the bad guys" and use them for criminal acts.
> >
> > > How hard is it to get a gun?
> >
> > Extremely easy, if you know the right people and have a few a few quid 
>about you. I
> > could make a couple of phone calls and have a gun in my possesion by 
>this afternoon
> > as long as I was willing to part with a couple of hundred pounds. No, 
>I'm not part
> > of the drugs racket or anything..............I used to run a pub and 
>know some
> > "dodgy" people :-)
> >
> > > Are
> > > the bad guys carrying semi-automatic weapons or just the normal kind?
> >
> > All sorts.
> >
> > Our gun laws are very strict- one magistrate had her shot gun licence 
>revoked
> > because she married an ex-con! But, as everywhere, there are ways and 
>means of
> > circumnavigating them:-(
> >
> > K.


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