CS: Legal-anonymity

2000-08-17 Thread Jonathan
From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggestions I have - JHPs instead of SPs, and bean bag shotgun rounds. What difference would it make? I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong (as ever), but don't SPs feed better than JHPs? more _use_ of the pistol as I fail to see the reason

CS: Pol-Commonwealth Games

2000-08-17 Thread Bippygee
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think the video diary idea is good. Possibly it could be included in any evidence that goes before the European Court during these log-winded proceedings Barry Woodward Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

CS: Pol-Kate Hoey

2000-08-17 Thread Longsiberia
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] After spending a few hours looking at old copies of hansard I find that (as I thought). Miss Hoey voted on several occasions in our favour as did another good ally Frank Cook! It is a pity you do not do more research before criticising. I will repeat she is a damn good

CS: Misc-Night vision

2000-08-17 Thread Alistair Shutt
From: "Alistair Shutt", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Can anyone inform me of a moderatly priced hand held NVD, although thinking about it, it would be nice to be able to put it on a 10/22. Regards Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

CS: Pol-Australian Vanstone handgun laws

2000-08-17 Thread SSAA
From: SSAA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] We need the full policy to accurately comment on this issue. We can only comment on what we have at hand. Copy of Vanstone Press release at www.ssaa.org.au/vanstonepistol.html SSAA press release at www.ssaa.org.au/pr17800.doc Keith has done an interview with

CS: Pol-New handgun controls in Australia (uh oh)

2000-08-17 Thread SSAA
From: SSAA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Media Release 17/8/2000 Amanda Vanstone Minister for Customs Handgun Import Controls Minister for Justice and Customs, Amanda Vanstone, today announced further tighter regulations to control the importation of handguns into Australia, effective from midnight

CS: Pol-Commonwealth Games

2000-08-17 Thread EVANS,CHRIS \(HP-Unitedkingdom,ex1\)
From: "EVANS,CHRIS (HP-Unitedkingdom,ex1)", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul wrote: Surely it would be better to turn up to all practice sessions, perform as any gold medallist should and on the day turn up with pistol - then fire the required number of shots at the target using nothing more than an

CS: Legal-S.54 etc.

2000-08-17 Thread IG
From: "IG", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The point I was trying to make is that the police are subject to the same laws as anyone else. We don't have any special exemptions. I am afraid that Richard Worth has lost me off altogether. I will ring him tomorrow an see if he can explain this new law to me!

CS: Target-SA clay shoot

2000-08-17 Thread SA Mail
From: "SA Mail", [EMAIL PROTECTED] FAX NETWORK TRANSMISSION 15-08-00 --- SPORTSMAN'S ASSOCIATION SPORTING CLAY SHOOT 17th September 2000 SOUTHDOWN GUN CLUB, FINDON, WEST SUSSEX. PRIZES WILL INCLUDE L350.00 High Gun Prize Class Prizes aa, a,

CS: Misc-Blank guns for Aliens

2000-08-17 Thread Hugh Bellars
From: "Hugh Bellars", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Aliens Pulse rifles were fully operational Thompson M1s using vicious .45ACP blanks made by BMS who then became Perdix. There was also a grenade launcher on the pulse rifle which seemed to be made from the front end of a SPAS12 shotgun. These pulse

CS: Pol-Police Shooters v's Civilian Shooters

2000-08-17 Thread pendrous
From: "pendrous", [EMAIL PROTECTED] By Terry Pendrous, The Anti-gun brigade must be laughing their heads off---and why not. One has to only look at this list to realise that the sporting gun owners of what ever persuasion, be it Police or Public are on the run

CS: Pol-Kate Hoey

2000-08-17 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Miss Hoey voted on several occasions in our favour as did another good ally Frank Cook! On several occasions. Which particular ones? Did she vote against all the bans on pistols? If she did I may just be changing my opinion of her. Jonathan Laws. -- I can't

CS: Legal-anonymity

2000-08-17 Thread Innocent
From: "Innocent", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Come on everyone - IG has made a rather good point here. If our perception about the police is one-sided, and we believe the police have the opposite view about us, rather than keep having a pop about it, its time we took the "fight" to the "enemy" (sorry

CS: Misc-Price comes before a fall.

2000-08-17 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is what it says on the Les Baer site: The result is a distinctive yet practical 1911 that's ideal for personal defense and a source of price for the owner. Sometimes typos are wonderful. Source: http://www.lesbaer.com/thundr.html Kenneth Pantling Nock's Grim

CS: Pol-Antigun list

2000-08-17 Thread Jim FRANKLIN
From: "Jim FRANKLIN", [EMAIL PROTECTED] NRA Anti-Gun List This page is a list of anti-gun celebrities and companies on the NRA-ILA web site: http://www.nraila.org/research/19990716-AntiGunGroups-002.html Jim Franklin Orpington KENT. UK PGP key on request Cybershooters website:

CS: Legal-S.54 etc.

2000-08-17 Thread niel fagan
From: "niel fagan", [EMAIL PROTECTED] JHP should also be used, where applicable, but we cant have it 'cos the Hague convention says so. Comments on this would be gratefully received. (Article 29 of the Hague convention on Warfare on Land, 1899 refers I think!). We use JSP instead. I'm not

CS: Pol-Commonwealth Games

2000-08-17 Thread Brian Toller
From: "Brian Toller", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your quite right that there will probably be little press coverage at Bisley for the Commonwealth Games. So lets make sure that along with the friendly TV idea we offer the the print media stills and copy from any pro shooting freelance photographers and

CS: Pol-Britains Secret War

2000-08-17 Thread RustyBullethole
From: RustyBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Sunday Times ran an interesting piece on a book by a former SAS soldier named Tom Carew. It describes Britsh involvement in Afganistan 20 years ago, in one part it tells how a British Blowpipe missile (the first one ever fired in anger) missed a

CS: Legal-S.54 etc.

2000-08-17 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's interesting for Jonathan to insinuate that all officers who carry firearms in the course of their duties may or should go to prison. I didn't insinuate anything. I was mearly raising the point that if indeed the Police were not exempt from Section 5 then they

CS: Pol-SSAA threatens to sue Australian Govt.

2000-08-17 Thread SSAA
From: SSAA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SPORTING SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA (NEW SOUTH WALES) INC. ***MEDIA RELEASE*** For immediate release 17 August 2000 Shooters to challenge new import regulations in high court The Sporting Shooters Association, along with firearm dealers, will, if

CS: Pol-police guns

2000-08-17 Thread gsavage
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Police strated carrying guns at airports in the late eighties in response to a terrorist bloodbath shootout in Athens and interception of an IRA cell with similar intentions. Whilst their presence and equipment are often perceived as OTT they do a valuable job. They

CS: Legal-anonymity

2000-08-17 Thread jonathan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have read the posts resulting from my original reply re the Falmouth incident with great interest. A common thread is severe criticism of the Police. It seems to be the consensus that the 'Police' are useless, incompetent, dangerous, unnacountable, a law to

CS: Pol-WA Media release on handguns

2000-08-17 Thread SSAA
From: SSAA, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SPORTING SHOOTERS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA (WA) INC. ***MEDIA RELEASE*** For immediate release17 August 2000 Import restrictions a waste of time The Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (WA) Inc. has rejected amendments to handgun importation

CS: Legal-Commonwealth Games

2000-08-17 Thread gsavage
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You are all missing the point about how valuable this situation is to us. First of all, it is the duty of every FAC holder to do what they can to own the guns they wish to own for lawful purposes. If that means you have to become a race starter, vet, hunter, collector

CS: Target-Ricochets

2000-08-17 Thread Norman
From: Norman Bassett, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, Steve! Does greasing a target metal plate increase the angle that a bullet can be fired from and still riccochet? Say from 20 degrees to 40 degrees? Regards Norman Bassett drakenfels.org -- Dunno, never felt the need! Steve. Cybershooters

CS: Legal-Self-loaders

2000-08-17 Thread Mike
From: Mike Taylor, [EMAIL PROTECTED] And as Guy pointed out previously, if you actually believe that, your local police have a cosy cell awaiting you if you try it! Open bolt or closed bolt, it's banned. Is self loading actually defined in the act? I thought it actually specified that a new