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Man Arrested For Handing In Gun

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    #21
    Originally posted by Tarquin Farquhar View Post
    Possession of a firearm without a certificate has been a criminal offence for over 40 years. Nothing to do with the current administration.
    Minimum 5 years sentence was TB's idea though...
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      #22
      Originally posted by Tarquin Farquhar View Post
      Possession of a firearm without a certificate has been a criminal offence for over 40 years. Nothing to do with the current administration.
      Since when has a mere inconvenient fact ever stopped DP blaming the government for everything?
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        #23
        It seems obvious to me that you shouldn't walk in to a police station with a shotgun. Good job he didn't pop to the bank first.
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          #24
          It's ridiculous!

          The man made an appointment, handed the weapon in and still got arrested and sent down!

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            #25
            Originally posted by Churchill View Post
            It's ridiculous!

            The man made an appointment, handed the weapon in and still got arrested and sent down!
            It sounds ridiculous, but I don't think he mentioned a shotgun when he contacted them.
            He shouldn't have been charged but that's the cops for you.
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              #26
              Originally posted by HairyArsedBloke View Post
              Looks like it was police revenge for the chap getting off an earlier 'offence'.
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                #27
                I wonder if this is the whole story. If I found a gun in my garden, I might indeed bring it into the house to prevent anyone else taking/using it. However, I'd call the police immediately and tell them I'd found a gun. I wouldn't wait till the next day, make an appt with a named officer (still not mentioning the gun) then turn up at the station and produce it out of bag whilst still having forgotten to mention that that's what I'd brought in. Not saying the guy should have been convicted, but certainly behaved a little foolishly.

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by k2p2 View Post
                  I wonder if this is the whole story. If I found a gun in my garden, I might indeed bring it into the house to prevent anyone else taking/using it. However, I'd call the police immediately and tell them I'd found a gun. I wouldn't wait till the next day, make an appt with a named officer (still not mentioning the gun) then turn up at the station and produce it out of bag whilst still having forgotten to mention that that's what I'd brought in. Not saying the guy should have been convicted, but certainly behaved a little foolishly.
                  Yup you've got a point there. What's the going rate for a sawn-off shotgun these days?

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by Churchill View Post
                    What's the going rate for a sawn-off shotgun these days?
                    About 1260 fps
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                      #30
                      So if you find a firearm the message is one of:
                      • Keep it
                      • Discard it so that someone else can find it
                      • Sell it to a bloke down the pub

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