[Retlaw]

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.

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.

Colin Greenwood an ex Chief Inspector of Police created a report for the Fire Arms Committe in 1966, in which he proved that every time we had a change to the fire arms act, gun crime increased.
All the countries with the strictest gun laws, have the worst gun crime rates.
In America those states which allow a concealed weapon permit, have the least gun crime.
It would no longer work in this country, lack of education, brainwashing, and propoganda.

After the Dumblane incident, one clever interviewer on TV, was questioning one of the two members of the British Pisol team, when she said "you go about equipped to be a murderer", his responce was, "you go about equipped to be a prostitute are you one", she left the set dammed quick, with a red face.

Retlaw.