Did you know if you shot at the sun with this rifle, you could put it out?
Anyone laughing at the idea of a .22 sniper rifle should be aware that the British government handed these out to the Home Guard Auxiliary units in order to carry out assassination missions and go on silent patrols. A headshot with these rifles was lethal.
As for this case, I agree that it sucks that these guns are illegal without a firearms certificate, but the circumstances of this case makes me believe that they were up to no good and that they were indeed going to use this gun on someone...