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New restrictions on Airgun sales in the UK

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  • 13-10-2005 12:10pm
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    Sparks
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    From the BBC:
    New restrictions on airgun sales
    Plans to restrict the sale of airguns to registered dealers have been announced by the Home Office.
    A new registration scheme is to be introduced, with dealers required to pay a £150 fee.
    The measures have been inserted into the Violent Crime Reduction Bill at Westminster, but critics in Scotland said they do not go far enough.
    A campaign for a tightening of the law followed the death of Glasgow toddler Andrew Morton in March.


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    rrpc
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    Not entirely unexpected and not too onerous either. One would have thought that the best person to sell a firearm was a firearms dealer.


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    civdef
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    As above, this is a sensible move which will hopefully remove airguns from the shop windows of dodgy "martial arts" shops.


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    rrpc
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    Never mind street markets and toy shops.


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    civdef
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    Normally the strret markets and toy shops sell bb guns, which are more of a nuisance than a danger (and also account for the majoriy of "firearms" calls to police).

    The most common place to find air-rifles (usually the cheap Chinese models) is in "martial arts" or fishing tackle shops, or mail order advertised in mens magazines. It's amazing how many of those martial arts shops (also selling the rambo knives, samurai swords etc) seem to be located in "bad" areas, but seem to do good business..


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    Clare gunner
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    The most common place to find air-rifles (usually the cheap Chinese models) is in "martial arts" or fishing tackle shops, or mail order advertised in mens magazines. It's amazing how many of those martial arts shops (also selling the rambo knives, samurai swords etc) seem to be located in "bad" areas, but seem to do good business..
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    Are they any left?Any high st martial arts shop I have seen in the UK,hasnt been able to sell"ninja junk"since the late 80s when it became outlawed.
    The mens mags[soft porn for those too timid to buy a topshelf porn mag ;):D ] are the main outlets nowadays.

    BTW whats a "Rambo" knife??Do you mean a custom $800 knife made by Jimmy Lyle or Gil Hibben that was used by Sly Stallone in some [now looking back on it] crappy 80s films ?
    Or do you mean cheap and shoddy knives that allow politicans to go off on a rant about banning knives when most stabbings are done with kitchen or Stanley knives?


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