From: Peter H Jackson, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Peter Jackson knows what a miniature rifle round's
>maximum dimensions are, but generally speaking .22 rimfire
>is the only common round that fits that description.
I would add the following to the good points made by Guy and
others:
1. There's not much case law, because although the S 11(4)
exemption is widely used, it has not been abused.
2. When claiming a statutory exemption, the burden of proof is
usually reversed - i.e. you must be able to prove that you are
entitled to use it.
3. John McKay's 1972 Home Office Working Party on the Control of
Firearms considered that the S 11(4) exemption extends to "certain
powerful military weapons" <gasp>. However, Mckay's 200+ page
report still remains unpublished, not least because it contains
such a load of ill-informed rubbish. I certainly wouldn't wish to
rely on it in a court of law.
Rgds, Peter.
www.jacksonrifles.com
--
Bill Harriman told me about a TV interview he did with Lord
McKay, in which McKay was moaning on about deactivated
guns and how the police were totally opposed to them and
how they were shooting people wielding them in crime
(which is almost certainly untrue BTW, there is no
recorded instance of a deactivated firearm being recovered
after an armed crime according to the Home Office), and
McKay produced a deactivated Model 10 and pointed out the
sins of how it would be mistaken for a working gun. So Bill
looked at it and commented: "Hmm, well it says 'Property of
the Metropolitan Police' on the grip, so if the police are
so worried why are they selling them off to gun dealers?"
!!!
Steve.
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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