Two Second World War Machine Guns Handed in to Police During Firearms Amnesty

Yahoo ^ | 11-21-2017 | Andy Wells

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A pair of World War Two machine guns were among over 140 firearms handed in to police on the first week of the National Gun Surrender.

The two weapons, which had been deactivated, were among five automatic guns handed in to the Metropolitan Police along with 31 shotguns, 11 pistols, 10 handguns, nine revolvers and six rifles.

Some 3,859 rounds of ammunition were also handed in, as well as 48 air weapons, to the Met.

The national gun surrender drive was launched on November 13 and ends on Sunday.

Detective Superintendent Mike Balcombe, of the Met’s Trident and Area Crime Command, said: “We are very pleased with the public response to the first week of the gun surrender.

“Every firearm handed in to police makes the city safer as it prevents them from falling into the hands of criminals.

[jmacusa]

I had the same thing in a deactivated hand grenade. Kept it on the coffee table. It was a great way of getting unwanted guests to leave.

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V_TWIN wrote:
“Every firearm handed in to police makes the city safer as it prevents them from falling into the hands of criminals.”

Ah, there it is, the new justification....If we don’t have ‘em the bad guys can’t get ‘em. Because we are obviously not competent enough to own ‘em in the 1st place.............RIIIIGHT.

Does that mean that the police and FBI will be turning in their weapons? I’ve seen MANY reports of local PD and FBI weapons being stolen from unlocked, open and running vehicles than has ever been stolen from me personally. (that’s a haughty sum of zero).

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Official Red Ryder Carbine-Action Two-Hundred-Shot Range Model Air Rifle!

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My boys have already called dibs on all my guns.

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Thank God! It is about time we took some really serious action to get guns off the street. With this we can all seep better knowing that rouge guns are not skulking around the neighborhood looking for some . . . oh never mind

[Impala64ssa]

Here's an idea, now that those eeeevil guns are off the streets in the UK, how about a van amnesty, allowing British Subjects to turn in their vans so we they never again have to suffer a tragic incident like what happened on London Bridge last June. Yes even the classics like this need to be turned in and destroyed

Hey, if it saves ONE life....