More than 800 guns seized in major counter-terror operation

telegraph.co.uk ^ | 2/6/2017 | Martin Evans

[rktman]

More than 800 deadly firearms have been taken off the streets following a major operation by anti-terror police and officers from the National Crime Agency.

During a month long operation to prevent terrorists and criminals getting their hands on illegal guns, officers also arrested almost 300 suspects.

Among the weapons seized were 200 handguns, two machine guns, one sub-machine gun, 11 assault rifles, as well as 4,385 rounds of ammunition.

Some of the weapons were seized from registered firearms dealers who had had their licenses revoked, while others are thought to have been smuggled into the UK from the continent.

[rktman]

Hmmmm. I thought I read someplace just the other day that the Brits were going to be cracking down on air rifles. So, if they seized that many, how many have they NOT seized?

[gundog]

Deadly firearms. Oh, my.

[Kickass Conservative]

Are they sure there weren’t 4,386 Rounds of Ammunition?

I demand a recount.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Among the weapons seized were 200 handguns, two machine guns, one sub-machine gun, 11 assault rifles, as well as 4,385 rounds of ammunition.

The remaining 586 were cap pistols, water guns, BB guns and Pop Tarts shaped like hand guns.

[Mr. Douglas]

Some of the weapons were seized from registered firearms dealers who had had their licenses revoked...

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That is probably where most of them came from.

[Blue Jays]

Boy howdy is that an alarming volume of powerful ammunition!
That is nearly six rounds each per firearm listed in story.
Who seriously needs that truly staggering amount of ammunition?!?!

[BenLurkin]

I hope they took them away from Muslims.

And not from the British.

[Paladin2]

"4,385 rounds of ammunition"

Pikers. That's only 20+ rounds/firearm

[rktman]

Yeah, as opposed to the friendly kind asleep in my safe.

[Bigg Red]

Ditto.

[NorthMountain]

4,385 rounds of ammunition.

ROFL!!!!!

Pikers!

[rktman]

Let me check my closet. Yup. I must need at least that amount. Which different caliber are we looking at? LOL!

[IC Ken]

Deadly firearms work better than the NON deadly ones?

[max americana]

800? That’s just a fraction of what Freepers own LOL

[SMARTY]

It’s really interesting how all this is taking place NOW that “O” is gone.

[SMARTY]

It’s really interesting how all this is taking place NOW that “O” is gone.

[wally_bert]

Ebenezer Scrooge’s accounting firm should get the recount job.

[B4Ranch]

The respondents to this thread seem to have forgotten that with one bullet you can kill the driver of a vehicle carrying hundreds of thousands of rounds.

[donna]

800 deadly firearms

deadly?

[dragnet2]

It think they meant to say, “Deadly, evil, racist firearms”.