At 11:06 AM -0400 6/14/00, Duncan Frissell wrote:
>But the cat was out of the bag back in Sealand's early days when
>Prince Roy won the Battle of Roughs Tower against British forces and
>was prosecuted for possession of an unlicensed firearm and the
>(British) Magistrate dismissed the charge because Sealand was
>outside of UK jurisdiction. Presumably weapons were also employed
>by Prince Roy in his recapture of the platform from the Hun a few
>years later.
>
>What I love about the Principality is that it has made my Law of the
>Sea and Admiralty Law studies from law school relevant to the New
>Economy. I have to update the old CV.
>
>DCF
Price Roy has if you look at the photograph on page 237 of Wired two
.22s and one pump shotgun. There is a huge difference between a
crank with a .22 and a bunch of Cpunks with crew served weaponry. I
will predict if Havenco does install .50 brownings or similar
weapons, the Brits will shut them down. So what if Sealand is
outside of UK jurisdiction? The UK will just make war on them.
They'd been better off if they just let Prince Roy do the defending
then to draw unattended attention to themselves.
Regards, Matt-
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