Posted on 06/02/2010 7:07:49 PM PDT by marktwain
Gun laws in the UK are among the toughest in the world after a number of mass killings over the past three decades. Anyone who acquires or is in possession of a shotgun — the weapon believed to have been used in the Cumbria killings — must have a certificate issued by a chief police officer in the area in which they live. The certificate allows the holder to possess any number of shotguns, including pump-action and self-loading weapons with a magazine that cannot hold more than two cartridges. The officer must be satisfied that an applicant has “good reason” for wanting a shotgun, is fit to have it and that public safety will not be endangered. Police must interview every applicant and visit their home to check that the gun is held in a secure locker. There were 574,946 shotgun certificates in operation at the end of March last year, 5 per cent higher than the previous year. The number of certificates peaked in 1988 at 882,000 and has since fallen by more than a third, according to Home Office figures published in March. The reduction coincided with revised rules for renewing shotgun certificates, including a requirement on the police to carry out additional checks on applicants, including a visit to their home. The certificates covered 1.3 million shotguns. In Cumbria 9,868 certificates were in operation in March covering 22,476 shotguns, an average of 2.3 guns per certificate. Police in the area received 370 new applications for shotgun certificates of which only two were refused. Shotgun certificates must be renewed every five years, with the police conducting the same checks on the applicant, including a face-to-face interview. Gun laws were tightened after the Hungerford massacre in 1987, in which Michael Ryan killed 16 people and himself with two semi-automatic
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Jefferson stayed in a boarding house the night before his inauguration and walked alone from the boarding house to his inauguration. When he was sworn in as President, he returned to his boarding house for dinner. Every seat was taken, and no one stood to offer him a seat. After awhile, the wife of a Kentucky senator offered him her seat. Jefferson politely declined.
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