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Originally Posted by annesingleton
.....I don't think you are advocating that we should all be walking about with guns but I find it very strange and somewhat concerning that you should look back with nostalgia to a time when you were able to walk around with a weapon which has the potential to cause harm, and unlike umbrellas and squash rackets is made for no other purpose than to cause harm......
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I don't agree that air rifles are made for no other purpose than to cause harm. You can cause harm with almost any item, the difference is down a person deciding if they want to cause harm or not.
I suspect that most air rifle in this country are used for target shooting.
An air rifle is not designed to shoot people, it is for vermin control and anything bigger than a rabbit should not be shot with an air rifle under 12 ft/lbs and then only at a maximum distance of about 30 yards.
If I wanted to kill someone the last thing I would use is an air rifle, I would be better off using it as a club than shooting them.
The problem with our gun laws in the UK is that they are made by politicians reacting to gun crime incidents that have happened. They should be made by unbiased people who are not trying to get re elected. Since the ban on legal hand gun ownership gun crime has increased not decreased. It was a complete waste of money by the government of the time and any intelligent person must have known that at the time.