You guys probably know this and this is probably old news but….
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Not allowed to have one …
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Ah, I’m sure no one would mind once they know what a cool artifact it is.
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Me neither, not in working order. The standard for deactivated weapons is also pretty savage now, they are essentially gutted and you’re lucky if it ends up retaining even it’s external appearance. Privately-owned non-shotgun firearms are now even more of a rarity in the U.K., and members of the police who know and can correctly apply the legislation even more so. I’ve heard tales of police being called by some ancient newly-widowed granny to collect her husband’s vermin rifle and they turn up and seize (and then have to scrap) every gun in the place, including those not requiring Firearms Certificates and even antiques of considerable value. The definition of an exempted “Antique” has also been made more restrictive over the years; there is a similar trend regarding bladed items.
Regards,
M
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Just wait a few years and you will have to go to a restaurant with
licensed kitchen staff for any meals that requires cutting when
preparing or eating.
Sharp steak knives? Forget them …
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The problem being exacerbated by the ban on plastic cutlery already in place, although some stuff previously sold as “disposable” is now labelled as “reusable”… Steak Knives? There will be bans on eating any meat, real or synthetic, as the production of such items environmentally and ethically undesirable.
M
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Crazy. Even more restrictive laws and being applied by people not qualify to decipher them. A friend of mine that lives in the Battersea area of London was telling me how before brexit, the EU was forcing owners up pubs to destroy some glasses and mugs or dispensers and that some of which were very very old. I don’t know if that was a one in a thousand faux pas but he said it was widespread.
Here in the good ol’ USA there’s a watchdog group of lawyers and judges who have archived federal laws and statutes that show that since the 1990s, the number of Federal laws on the books have like tripled or quadrupled, and a lot of them contradict themselves, yet they are all still valid. Back in the '90s there’s a widely known story about a neighbor of mine that had a concealed carry permit, and was in a state with reciprocity, it got pulled overhead for some DUI checkpoint (he was not drunk he was just pulling over for the checkpoint) and the police confiscated his firearms. He went to jail. He got sorted out fairly quickly but still. The couple of the policemen that I know in the area, talking to them and also talking to random police officers I run into, when I ask questions about some things, makes me realize that the last thing I ever want to do is have an encounter with a policeman. So many of them do not understand the laws they are trying to enforce.
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With only a few weeks of training it’s hard to expect anything else …
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I should wear my glasses when I’m on the phone. I read that as SiG .44, which of course I’d be all over.
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I have had a chance to shoot a full auto German one, its quite an interesting rifle to shoot.
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Envious I am.
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The purpose of a legislature is to legislate, this is the only way to convince the electorate it is doing it’s job: if it doesn’t it gets labelled as “asleep at the wheel” by the media. Many of the recent amendments to U.K. Firearms legislation weren’t really necessary as they delt with matters already delegated to the powers and discretion of the Home Secretary by previous legislation. Whereas firearms chambered for cartridges no longer in general production and over a hundred years old generally were exempt from the requirement for a FAC, these made them attractive to criminals who could have ammunition made for them. I understand the preferred chambering was .44 Russian, this and six other specific rounds (including the 11mm French Ordnance Revolver M1873 (Army)# of which I was previously unaware) were specified, not for outright banning but henceforth having to be licensed even if not intended to be shot. However, the criminal use of such weapons was already in decline (from a peak of 96 in 2016 to 68 in 2019, the last date available prior to the drafting of legislation; these included six fatalities in the period 2007 to 2019).
Regards,
M
#Apparently they weren’t troubled by by the Navy version, chambered for 12 mm Lefaucheux…
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TBH, this sounds like an example of the anti-EU fearmongering that the pro-Brexit factions engaged in — and still do.
I had never heard of the thing you mention, but trying to look it up, I think it’s this:
So in short: “Beer glasses in pubs must carry the CE marking, in addition to whatever local laws may require” was distorted to “Pint glasses may not carry the crown mark any longer, and those that do must be destroyed!!!11!1111!!”
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Man, I would love to have a couple of those STG-44s. Very cool. Thank you for sharing the video. 
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Good luck finding ammo for one. I have a .22 replica. It has the heft and looks but not quite the recoil or punch.
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@Jakko thanks for clarifying that.
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About 20 years ago when I was in Las vegas, there was a gun shop with an indoor range where you could rent and shoot a variety of exotic (for me) guns. The ones that caught my eye are the Thompson, BAR, MP40, Stengun and AK. If I ever had these cash, and I’m out there again, my choice would be Thompson/MP40, BAR, then whatever else.
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I had a friend in college, a logo guy, very likable and a real “operator” (not in the military sense) who made friends with a sheriff’s deputy. Supposedly, the Sheriff deputy had possession Thompson and a lot of ammunition, and they went out at some very isolated farm road and fired off a few clips. Man, I would have loved to been there!
But I’ve got to wonder if that machine gun had a connection some of the mass murderers during the coal mine strikes back in the 20s and 30s?
My dad had a friend who was…well… Let’s say he did not score high in social graces. He brought a Luger over once. Which was interesting because he was in the Pacific during the war. Anyway he was showing it to my friend and me, produced a full clip, slammed into the handle, cocked a round into the chamber, and then decided he wanted us to look at the rifling in the barrel and shoved the gun in our faces! He could not understand why a couple of pre-teens started yelling and screaming.
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I’ve been to Battlefield Vegas twice and shot the MP-40 and Thompson. The MP40 was very easy to shoot and the Thompson not much harder. Heavy guns and short bursts made them very controllable. An H&K MPK was a lot harder. As a bonus Battlefield Vegas has a tank park (you can drive one) that’s free to wander around in.
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Battlefield has a tank park!? I’ll have to look that up. I’m not enough of a high roller to rent one, but I can dream.
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