From: "John Hurst.", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Now you see _this_ is what Section 5(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968
>was intended for. ;)
Steve,
I take your rhetorical point but the debates on the Firearms Act
of 1920 which the '68 Act amends refereed to "deathless gas" being used for
robberies.
My understanding is that strictly speaking the Act only applies to barrelled
weapons discharging toxins. Apparently a Jif lemon container full of ammonia
solution was not covered by Section 5. Come to think of it, is CS in an
aerosol spray covered?
Regards, John Hurst.
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I haven't got my copy of the 68 Act in front of me but I think in
Section 57 it defines a firearm as "any lethal barrelled weapon" _or_
any prohibited weapon.
Stun guns are banned under Section 5(1)(b) because it says "designed
to expel a noxious substance... or any other thing". Electricity
apparently being "any other thing".
For some reason people are always saying to me: "Oh, I'll just fill
a water pistol with ammonia." When the subject of self-defence
comes up.
If you do that you have "designed or adapted" your water pistol
into a "weapon designed to expel a noxious substance" and you
have violated Section 5(1)(b).
It doesn't have to have a barrel or any characteristics of a firearm
to be banned under 5(1)(b), it must merely be designed or adapted
to be a weapon designed to expel a noxious substance or any other
thing.
Steve.
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