CS: Legal-57 months for man who thought he could buy a gun

2000-11-10 Thread MikePiet
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sunone.com/articles/2000-11-09h.shtml Thursday, November 9, 2000 Dixie man sentenced for trying to buy gun By By KAREN VOYLES Sun staff writer He thought the state had restored all of his civil rights. A Dixie County man who tried to buy a gun after

CS: Target-Ruger M77 Heavy Barrel Rifle

2000-11-10 Thread IG
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have used an M77 in .308 for a number of years now. We also have a few as sniping rifles. Using 167 gr Lapua scenar, I get sub minute of angle out to 600m, which is as far as I have ever shot it. (Fitted with a Schmidt 12 x 42) My own has seen a lot of rounds

CS: Pol-NRA on US elections

2000-11-10 Thread owner-rkba-alert
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] NRA-ILA FAX ALERT Vol. 7, No. 45 11/09/00 ELECTIONS ARE OVERù43RD PRESIDENT REMAINS UNKNOWN November 7, Election Day 2000, will go down in history as one of the most interesting elections in history, and certainly one of the most confusing. As we go to press, we

CS: Pol-statutory right of entry

2000-11-10 Thread Jeremy
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are various emergency powers that can be brought into force by such people as the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Swine Fever, Foot and Mouth, etc), MOD, Home Office and vaious other government departments and organisations under

CS: Pol-statutory right of entry

2000-11-10 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The VAT men (Customs and Excise) have always had awesome powers. Who would cheat the Queens revenue men? I wish the police had their powers. IG (only kidding) Steve , IG, Considering the implications of 'heritage' in law, this is

CS: Pol-statutory right of entry

2000-11-10 Thread RVMalbon
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Control of Explosives Regulations, 1991 give enormous power to the HSE and, as their Agents, the police, to enter any premises where they have reason to believe that any explosives, powder, black powder, fireworks etc are being held contrary to the COER, 1991.

CS: Legal-Entry without a Search Warrant

2000-11-10 Thread Jeremy
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry Steve the right of access is a lot wider than you seem to think, in certain circumstances all of these and more have a right of access to your home without a warrant. True they usually call the police as by that stage a brach of the peace is

CS: Pol-statutory right of entry

2000-11-10 Thread niel fagan
From: "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone got a copy of Richard Stillgo on thats life singing the "they have a statutory right of entry to your home" song? Just a passing thought. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

CS: Crime-police show weapons seized from yardies

2000-11-10 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] POLICE UNVEIL WEAPONS SEIZED FROM `YARDIE WANNABES' 091234 NOV 10 By Helen William, PA News A terrifying arsenal of weapons seized in raids aimed at quelling the spate of black-on-black violence was unveiled by police today. Among the arms recovered by

CS: Crime-cameras and others

2000-11-10 Thread niel fagan
From: "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some believe that cameras stop crime, personally I don't. At most it "moves crime on".It will not stop the thug smacking that old man or woman for their pension. It may have helped the police id Hamilton by his clothes, depending on the condition of his

CS: Pol-Another stupid ACPO policy

2000-11-10 Thread Jeremy
From: Jeremy Peter Howells, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Probably because so few police weapons are now easy to sell in the UK. What's the second hand value of a semi-auto MP5 or a Glock or SiG pistol when well worn and on the open (i.e. international) market? Probably not much. You can't sell them in

CS: Target-Ruger M77 Heavy Barrel Rifle

2000-11-10 Thread Peter
From: Peter H Jackson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Martin, I have re-barreled, bedded, and generally fettled quite a few Ruger 77s, though nowadays I advise people not try to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. They are cheap, safe, reliable guns but you only get what you pay for. The factory

CS: Target-Ruger M77 Heavy Barrel Rifle

2000-11-10 Thread Jonathan
From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] I intend to buy a heavy barrel .308 in the near future, principally for target use, possible occasional red deer, and would like to hear experience/opinion from users of the Ruger M77 VT MK 2. My M77 Mk II was in 243. It came with a trigger in

CS: Legal-statutory right of entry

2000-11-10 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The VAT men (Customs and Excise) have always had awesome powers. IG: How far does this go, does it only apply if they think you are evading VAT or Duty or can they just go on a Fishing trip? Jonathan Laws. -- Well look what's going on in Australia with handguns.

CS: Misc-Artists Rifles

2000-11-10 Thread IG
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED] They say sorry to go on at such length but thought you would appreciate the background and indeed THE FACTS Sorry if I made any mistakes, OOerr lol Amazing the reaction that you can get just 'cos you think something is naff! lol IG Cybershooters

CS: Crime-armed police raid wrong house

2000-11-10 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ARMED POLICE RAID WRONG HOUSE 101038 NOV 10 By Damien Pearse, Crime Correspondent, PA News Police sent flowers to a couple after breaking into the wrong home and bundling them out of bed at gunpoint before marching them into the street in their pyjamas, it

CS: Legal-statutory right of entry

2000-11-10 Thread Mike
From: Mike Taylor, [EMAIL PROTECTED] If they have grounds for suspicion that there is any propellant, black powder, fireworks, loaded ammunition, primers and probably other explosives, they have right of entry without a warrant. The property owner/occupier can refuse entry but that is an

CS: Misc-Artists Rifles

2000-11-10 Thread Longsiberia
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been asked to forward the following. The pilgrims poster for a very long time has not been in the club house. It was removed from the foyer to the bar area for a while then removed altogether. Not because it was NAFF so much that the person did not care for

CS: Legal-doctor threatened nurse with replica gun

2000-11-10 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] DOCTOR THREATENED NURSE WITH REPLICA MACHINEGUN, GMC TOLD 091021 NOV 10 By Vik Iyer, PA News A hospital doctor pushed a replica machinegun into a nurse's abdomen and then pulled the trigger, the General Medical Council heard today. Yat Ming Davy Chan had

CS: Misc-Police Corruption

2000-11-10 Thread IG
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The people who made the comments that IG is witness to, are extreme bigots; and if they occupy any office of government, they are particularly dangerous as well. I wonder: would they be able to defend them in an open law court? Ho hum. Here we go again. Police v

CS: Pol-Armed guards in watchtowers may be inevitable, warns prisons' chief

2000-11-10 Thread RustyBullethole
From: RustyBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Armed guards in watchtowers may be inevitable, warns prisons' chief By Ian Burrell, Home Affairs Correspondent INDEPENDENT 9 November 2000 Armed prison guards in watchtowers are inevitable if more dangerous inmates escape, the head of the Prison

CS: Legal-doctor cleared of misconduct

2000-11-10 Thread admin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Replica gun doctor cleared of misconduct A hospital doctor accused of pushing a replica rifle into a nurse's stomach and pulling the trigger has been cleared of serious professional misconduct. Yat Ming Davy Chan was accused of walking into a hospital in Abergavenny,

CS: Pol-statutory right of entry

2000-11-10 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyone got a copy of Richard Stillgo on thats life singing the "they have a statutory right of entry to your home" song? Just a passing thought. Wasn't that the "Nationwide" news programme of some years ago? Amazing what you can remeber when you were a very,

CS: Misc-Useful Quote

2000-11-10 Thread John Hurst
From: "John Hurst", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The real cause of the American Revolution: "All persons in whose possession any firearms may hereafter be found, will be deemed enemies to his majesty's government." --Gen. Gage Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL

CS: Target-6x47mm

2000-11-10 Thread Steven Kendrick
Does anyone have any experience with this calibre? Apparently it is .222 Remington Magnum necked up to 6mm. When I was in Switzerland recently SM told me they had started making ammunition in this calibre, and apparently the European 300m ISSF champion used it. I was going to buy a Free Rifle

CS: Field-robotic deer

2000-11-10 Thread Tim Jeffreys
From: "Tim Jeffreys", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I found this quite funny in this week's Time magazine: Tim. Steve Lopez's America Michigan Bambi's Got a Little Secret Poachers may find this venison tough to swallow -

CS: Legal-statutory right of entry

2000-11-10 Thread Jonathan
From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] HSE union reps. have right of entry to any property that have their members working there and can ask for police assistance in gaining entry and carrying out the inspection. The RSPCA and NSPCC can also request this assistance for their work. The