Fresh bid to take control of gun laws

News.Scotsman.com ^ | 06 July 2009 | Michael Howie

[neverdem]

The United Kingdom isn't too united these days. Air guns are now firearms. From the folks who gave us Claymore broadswords, I'm at a loss for words.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They won't get my "airgun."
Its a Quackenbush .50.

[rickomatic]

Another clear example of the difference between subjects, and citizens.

[Big Mack]

Braveheart exists only in memory and on the big screen. It's too bad, the Scotts were once a great people.

[Question_Assumptions]

My grandfather always said that if he loved Scotland so much, he would have stayed there. I sometimes wonder if all the smart and/or entrepreneurial Scots left.

[dangerdoc]

Is there an ounce of testosterone left in the Highlands?

[NewHampshireDuo]

Any airgun with a muzzle energy of over 12 ft-lbs is licensed in the UK. For comparison, a .22 LR will run a bit over 100 ft-lbs. A .45 ACP is around 500 a .44 magnum runs about 1000. My pneumatic airguns are in the 20 to 90 range.

[jim_trent]

I got a Webley Tempest air-pistol many years ago. One of the papers in the box warned that if the spring was replaced with a heavier one, the gun would become illegal, with all kinds of dire consequences. From memory, it had the 12ft-lbs you mentioned listed on the paper.

[mountainlion]

Fear the government that fears guns!!!

[handy old one]

There goes my blow gun!! Too high power.

[frog in a pot]

“...with a muzzle energy of over 12 ft-lbs is licensed in the UK.”

Do you think the muzzle energy of my new Saiga 12 would require licensing in the U.K.?
It is sort of an air gun, as in “fill the air with lead” /s

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/1st-amendment-petition.html

[Monterrosa-24]

Some of the Scot bloodlines are here in Alabama.

[TexasRepublic]

Bonnie lasses!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

They may take our lives, but they'll be handed EVERYTHING ELSE!

Is there no place left in the world safe from idiot activist and nanny staters?

[dangerdoc]

It looks like Americanized Scot estrogen his stronger than the native testosterone.

Is that a Springfield M1A?

[Monterrosa-24]

That ole M-1 was gained through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. Another org that libs hate. Imagine the Govt. providing weapons to common citizens!

[Monterrosa-24]

Thanks! You are very kind. I’ll pass on your compliment.

[NewHampshireDuo]

You would be a very very bad person, er subject, over there.

[Shooter 2.5]

What’s the story behind that picture?

[Monterrosa-24]

That picture is the best shot of a sorry bunch when I tried to do a set up in my backyard showing good American Boston Tea Party and Liberty spirit. I spent lots of time setting up a wall of flame to serve as a background behind the girls but...the fire seemed to throw off my auto-focus and both cameras had problems(mainly the operator and ...Murphy's Law.

It was supposed to be a better semi-artistic shot or even the photographic equivalent of Liberty Leading the People (the famous French Revolution painting). But I failed miserably! I've lost it as a photographer.

Other shots had fire, smoke, drama, but the photographer stunk up the place. Now I'm punishing all Freepers and wasting bandwidth by posting it anyway.