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Originally Posted by Neil
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.
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Air rifles are for target practice and small pest control; rats, squirrels, pigeons, crows - usually from a hide.
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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.
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It's the people with criminal tendencies who may use one as a decoy weapon or use it to maime someone as a form of attack or intimidation - these sorts are the problem.
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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.
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Are you sure? 2 recent well known cases of people using legally owned weapons to kill members of their family both had gun licences!
