CS: Crime-Threats led builder to keep shotgun under bed

2001-01-12 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eastern Daily Press, Tuesday, January 9, 2001 By BETH MANNING Threats led builder to keep shotgun under bed When builder Nathan Allen became the subject of a terrifying campaign of harassment at his rural home he decided to go to the police for help.

CS: Misc-Stray horses on motorway are shot dead

2001-01-12 Thread RustyÿBullethole
From: RustyBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telegraph 11.1.01 Stray horses on motorway are shot dead By David Sapsted THREE horses, part of a group that has been roaming and causing chaos on the roads for two months, have been shot dead by police. They were shot after they ran on to

CS: Pol-US Right-To-Carry Laws

2001-01-12 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] This first bit is really directed at ET: - would you agree that the US right-to-carry laws are in fact providing the US State and Federal governments with a list of those most likely to use ANY arms at all to defend themselves with against ANYONE -

CS: Pol-handgun-related homicides at highest level ever

2001-01-12 Thread Alex Hamilton
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED] 42 deaths as use of handguns hits seven-year high NTL NEWS 9:21am Thursday, 11th January 2001 Use of handguns in crime in England and Wales reached its highest level for seven years in 1999-2000. This is in spite of the ban on private

CS: Legal-New legal hurdles

2001-01-12 Thread admin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday night I dropped off the application forms for my FAC and SGC at the Lancashire Police HQ at Hutton. Imagine my surprise when a member of the Firearms department phoned me yesterday to tell me that I had neglected to include 'membership'. When I asked

CS: Target-303 215gn round nose

2001-01-12 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do they? That's news to me. Hollow nose bullets do not necessarily mean expanding bullets, that is what is prohibited. Steve. I'd heard that the HO had accepted that you could use lead nosed bullets in the like of .30/30 as the flat lead nose was

CS: Field-shooting squirrels

2001-01-12 Thread Steven Kendrick
Actually thinking about this today, presumably 12 ft/lb was decided on back when grey squirrels were pretty rare, so shooting the smaller red squirrels wouldn't have been a problem. With the fat sloath grey squirrels that inhabit inner cities nowadays, a 12 ft/lb air rifle is less likely to

CS: Field-Leading in FAC air rifles

2001-01-12 Thread niel fagan
From: "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not sure if this was a "problem looking for a solution" or a bit of quick marketing BUT Prometheus Pellets 020 8340 3039 www.airgunpellets.com Came up with their "sabot" style pellet, i.e. a plastic skirt around the steel?? core. They made

CS: Target-Rem 700 problems

2001-01-12 Thread Peter Webb
From: "Peter Webb", [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've had it happen with a Ruger M77 following a trigger job. That's one gunsmith I won't go back to.. Peter W Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

CS: Crime-Bermuda Police Shooting

2001-01-12 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bermuda police resort to gunfire to subdue man HAMILTON (Reuters) - Police in Bermuda shot a man twice with rubber bullets in what was thought to be the first time the force in the British territory has fired at a suspect, a police spokesman said. Officers

CS: Target-Rem 700 problems

2001-01-12 Thread admin
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a common problem in some rifle designs. I had a Webley Osprey air-rifle, a side-lever job, when I was a kid. I found out that the safety was faulty only after I shot myself in the foot with it. The safety would stop the gun from firing, but when you

CS: Field-Leading in FAC air rifles

2001-01-12 Thread nigel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a bad idea! If your air-rifle is rated to 11.98ft.-lb.'s, you will break the law by using moly. You will get higher velocity from the same pellet, and therefore a higher M.E., due to the way an air-rifle works. Unlike a powder which needs the

CS: Pol-Canada Minister bags new gun laws

2001-01-12 Thread gf
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PUBLICATION: The Ottawa Sun DATE: 2001.01.11 SECTION: News PAGE: 16 BYLINE: Anne Dawson PM SHOOTS BACK AT GUN LAW CRITIC; MINISTER BLASTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS Prime Minister Jean Chretien tore a strip off Environment Minister David Anderson in cabinet for

CS: Crime-Handgun crime highest for years

2001-01-12 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sharpen your word processors boys, this ones a beaut... quote: The use of handguns in crime in England and Wales reached its highest level for seven years in 1999-2000. That is despite a ban on private ownership of the weapons introduced in the wake of the

CS: Pol-Handgun crime increases despite ban

2001-01-12 Thread D.F.Mallard
From: "D.F.Mallard", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Noticed this on ceefax today (11-1-01): Handgun crime increases despite ban Crimes involving handguns have grown by more than a third - despite the ban on the weapons in the wake of the Dunblane massacre five years ago. Latest Home Office