Posted on 02/17/2002 2:04:49 PM PST by My Identity
ML/NJ
And you tell me these dudes worship the same G-d we do? Someone has been fibbin' about Islam.
The Islamists had us fooled for a long time. They suckered us into believing that they are peaceful neighbors and don't want to make trouble. Well, I haven't seen any FATWAS against using the Mosque as a terror training center. Seems like that's the main purpose of their Islam.
Minority view of Islam or the normative view?
To buy a shotgun in Britain you need to hold a Shotgun Certificate, and to buy a rifle you need to hold a Firearms Certificate. You can ask for forms for these from your local police station.
Ask also to speak to your local police firearms liaison officer, who will tell you what you need to fill those forms out to his or her satisfaction. They may also want to see a 'good reason' for you wanting a gun, such as membership of a clay shooting club or pest control. They usually want to see that you will keep your gun or guns in a secure place, such as a steel gun cabinet bolted to a wall. You have to store ammunition separately.
A shotgun is described as a smooth-bore gun (not being an air-weapon) which has a barrel not less than 24 inches with a bore diameter not exceeding 2 inches. A firearm usually describes a cartridge-loading, rifled-barrel longarm (rifle) with a barrel not shorter than 300mm. Overall length of the firearm must not be less than 600mm unless it is a muzzle loader. Firearms include: muzzle-loading rifles or pistols; shotguns with a magazine capacity greater than three; airguns with power ratings exceeding 12 ft/lbs for rifles and 6ft/lbs for pistols; and historic pistols kept at home as part of a collection or kept at a designated historic site and used for non-competitive target practice.
People who apply for a Firearm Certificate for a rifle or muzzle-loading pistol from 1 October 1997 need to be a member of a rifle or muzzle-loading pistol club approved by the Home Office or Scottish Office under the Firearms Acts if they intend to use the gun for target shooting only. Muzzle loaders are now the only legal useable handguns available to UK shooters (apart from the historic cartridge firing handguns kept at designated sites). However, in order to conduct your shooting you will need a supply of blackpowder which as a classified explosive, has its own restrictions requiring the acquisition of a blackpowder certificate from your police force.
You have to be aged 17 or over to have a Firearms Certificate. If you are aged less than 17 you can have a Shotgun Certificate as long as you have your parent's signed permission. You must be aged 17 or over to purchase an airgun and ammunition. If you are aged between 14 and 17 years, you may borrow a gun or have one bought for you by someone aged 17 or over, and you may use it without supervision on private property where you have a right to be. If you are under 14 you may use an airgun on private property but you must be supervised by someone over the age of 21 at all times. It is unlawful for an under-14-year-old to possess a gun and ammunition without supervision.
It is an offence to fire a gun within 50 feet of a roadway, public footpath or bridleway if by doing so any member of the public is endangered. It is an offence to carry a loaded gun in a public place without good reason. An gun may be considered loaded even if the bullets (or pellets in thecase of air rifles) are in a detached magazine.
These were just the rules we had got used to. From 1997, firearm and shotgun certification became more stringent. Among the extra hurdles, people who now apply for Firearms Certificates have to provide two referees, and the police are able to revoke a Firearms Certificate in cases where the holder no longer has a good reason to possess firearms or ammunition.
Certain types of firearm are illegal in Britain. These include automatic weapons and most handguns.
AK-47 training held in London mosque: Report
AFP
[ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2002 9:07:43 AM ]
ONDON: British Islamic extremists have been involved in weapons training with assault rifles at a mosque in London, a British Sunday paper said.
Intelligence sources quoted by the Observer said that hardline Islamists practised with Kalashnikov AK-47s at the Finsbury Park mosque in north London as part of recruitment to fight alongside Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.
The revelations will renew pressure on the British government to crack down on Islamic militants using Britain as a base, the paper said.
MI5 intelligence service recruited worshippers at the mosque who opposed the hardline stance taken by the controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza, the Observer said.
The intelligence recruits then monitored practices at the mosque which include the stripping and reassembling of Kalashnikov rifles in the basement, the paper said.
Abu Hamza, the most influential and radical of the prayer leaders at the mosque, said Saturday that, as far as he knew, no harmful activities had ever taken place there.
Abu Hamza, who is wanted on terrorist charges in Yemen, told the Observer that the mosque may have been the victim of a smear campaign by foreign agents.
Last month the Observer revealed that a video showing the execution of Algerian conscripts had been circulated at the mosque.
Abu Hamza denied it had ever been used for recruiting purposes.
That's only for the Politiclly Un-Correct if your a member of a Politically Correct group it doesn't apply.
Only bad guys allowed to possess?
They want a stone-age society dominated by them, under ther guise of a half-assed religion that is more hypocritical than most organised religions.
It's certainly the view borne out by history.
Twenty years ago it was an Irish enclave in the London Area.
Now it is a free fire zone of Middle East occupants, whose limited vocabulary and reasoning skills make them resort to leathal weapons as an answer to failed conversation.
Twenty years ago it was an Irish enclave in the London Area.
Now it is a free fire zone of Middle East occupants, whose limited vocabulary and reasoning skills make them resort to leathal weapons as an answer to failed conversation.
Fingers a bit uncontrolled after drinking while watching Maryland pummel Duke.
Go Terps!
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