From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>And the final incorrect assumption is that none of them
>can be legally owned by civilians, the police have
>a lot of shotguns and rifles that are perfectly legal
>for us to own, but they are chopping them all up. For
>example, I was in line to buy a police surplus P-H
>bipod, but instead it has been melted down because of
>this stupidity.
One rural constabulary I know recently disposed of its Parker-Hale
sniper rifles (in 243) onto the open market, and these were advertised
by ordinary RFDs in _Target Sports_. A similar position hold with
respect to the MOD's L42 rifles, and some of AI's AWs are available too.
--Jonathan Spencer, firearms examiner
"Justice is open to everybody in the same way as the Ritz Hotel."
Judge Sturgess, 22 July 1928
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Like I said, the policy is not legally binding, but a lot
of forces are following it. Also the MoD has a policy of
not selling any more guns, that is a couple of years old
now. They'll sell ammunition though.
Steve.
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