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2 minutes ago, stumfelter said:
But surely in that amount of time a team of officers could examine the surrounding area several times with magnifying glasses?
You would certainly think so
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8 minutes ago, stumfelter said:
Could someone please explain to me why the street has to be closed off for so long after the event?
There will need to be a massive evidence gathering session. Without any doubt the lefty human rights overpaid lawyers will be looking to get huge 'compensation' payments from the Police for the dead man's contacts (actually more about mischief making for the 'Authorities').
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5 minutes ago, TRINITY said:
what planet ste these left wing liberals living on
Planet Corbyn ?
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1 minute ago, Dave-G said:
or dropping them out of a plane mid Atlantic would be an impossible hope.
I have to admit to having some sympathy for this - when these are people who would 'mass murder' as many of us as possible given half a chance. They have no place in at large in the community.
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17 minutes ago, Dibble said:
I've now realised my son and I were within 20 meters of the shop he took the knife from when we noticed people running both ways, the road was still open. It takes 5 minutes to drive home from there and India99 was hovering nearby when we pulled up. I presume over the hostel he lived at which is 200 meters from my house.
Firstly - I'm glad you are all safe - and hope you remain so.
This business highlights the problem with having people 'on the loose' in our community who want to destroy it and what it stands for. I don't pretend to know the answer - but when you know certain individuals wish to destroy our society - it cannot be right and sensible to allow them to roam around freely - even if they are under (no doubt very resource hungry) surveillance.
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4 minutes ago, Dougy said:
And i have access to my own medical records do i not ?
Anyway John This is being discussed on a different topic in "general Shooting Matters"😉
You do - you can request them (for which there may be a modest charge). Whether the police will accept them 'via you' is a different question.
You are right - we are off topic! I will apologise and shut up 😇
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15 minutes ago, Dougy said:
Yet i need to pay for a GP for their professional opinion on someone they don't know very much about, that is apart from having contracted chicken pox, a broken arm, a broken hand and stitches from a knife wound and all of this was well over 30 years ago. Yet they are to decide if i am (your words) suitable or not to own a firearm !!!
No!
The GP is specifically not asked if you are suitable to own a firearm. That decision is entirely up to the police. The GP is asked to provide your medical record FACTS (not opinions) and make a note on the records that you have a firearm.
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It seems that the police are now taking these things seriously (or it may be are now allowed to take these things seriously).
People actively engaged in terrorist activity are (in my view) legitimate targets. I hope this sends a clear message - engage in terrorism and you will receive NO mercy.
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6 hours ago, figgy said:
Some said I've shot enough game for my lifetime. A few still involved with shooting in beating line etc.
I have also seen this - and have some quite strong sympathies with the view myself. However, I greatly enjoyed my final day of the season yesterday in dry, bright and mild (if a bit windy) conditions.
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8 hours ago, Smokersmith said:
I do believe that you need to be hungry to do well.
Not disagreeing that is the case much of the time.
I am at best a rather 'average' shot - and not a serious 'competitive' shot. I do have a good day now and again, but also have bad days not infrequently. I find I sometimes do well on days when I'm not 'hungry' but relaxed and just out for a bit of 'quality time' with friends and like minded people.
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1 hour ago, panoma1 said:
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ThisI too push my left hand forward of the forend (virtually straight arm) when firing a SBS with a SHS....
Me too; in fact one of my s/s is a lightweight and has a quite 'abbreviated' splinter style forend - nothing to grip, but all my s/s my had goes on the barrels (mostly) in front of the forend. In hot weather - or for a flush - I use either a glove or a hand guard - or you get your fingers burned. I am also not either tall or long armed and have small hands.
I also prefer straight hand (and double triggers on my o/u guns).
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Various people do torque wrenches to which you can fit 1/4" square drive or 1/4" hex bit attachments. Two I have used (for other purposes) are Torqueleader and Britool.
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I think Brownells do a disc pin spanner for 3 pins. Whether it would fit I can't say.
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It seems they were tourists, not students. I hope they make a good and swift recovery.
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1 minute ago, Gordon R said:
I am a bit concerned about going to sleep at night. After years of placards stating "The end of the World is nigh", it may well cease to exist after tonight.
Tomorrow will be much like today, and every other day. Even the weather will be similar, but it may look a little brighter.
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I believe the 'common cold' virus is a coronavirus of a sort, as is SARS. They seem to come in different 'strengths'!
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256521.php
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10 minutes ago, Retsdon said:
Will we get a blue one back I wonder?
Possibly - but wait a little longer to be certain; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/passport-design-changes/changes-to-the-design-of-british-passports
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2 minutes ago, Retsdon said:
I've been slandering the FCO.
I am guessing because I have no knowledge of how these things work, ....... but my guess is that working in China to organise border crossing (i.e. entering/leaving) in a hurry is always going to be difficult. The Chinese government has a past record of being both very controlling - and very bureaucratic. Chinese civil servants will have been brought up with that mentality. Not a combination that makes for fast 'on the fly' decision making and permission granting.
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2 minutes ago, Fisheruk said:
Yes, being on a plane is the last place I would want to be.
Agreed ...... although that is a view I take virus or no virus!
To those suggesting little is being done by our government/NHS; There has just been a person on Radio 4 who said that in the UK, 161 people have been tested and had their results so far. ALL have come back negative.
They also clarified what is meant by 'self isolation'. It is simply the common sense that if you think you have the virus, phone (doctor/111) and discuss - Don't make you way to a surgery or A&E etc., as if you did have the virus there is a risk of onward transmission.
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1 minute ago, ditchman said:
we are all going to die
You are - of course - quite right, but my preference is not for another year or three or more .........
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1 minute ago, Rewulf said:
You do realise the issue with Huawei has nothing to do with security, its purely political ?
/\ This.
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Mrs Wrong Daily (or as Comrade Len McLusty refers to her "our Beccy") seems to make it up as she goes along; first we had the business about growing up with daily worries about her father losing his job in the docks ........ only to find that the docks had closed for good when she was only 2 - now this https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7947839/Rebecca-Long-Bailey-accused-lying-boast-working-3am-prepare-meeting.html
I know politicians are accused of being untruthful ............. so perhaps she is just a very thorough politician .......... ?
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BREXIT
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If you stand there wringing your hands and crying "woe, woe and thrice woe" like Senna the soothsayer (Up Pompei) - then you will be left behind.
What is KEY is that what Boris Johnson's government team actually follows through on what he has said in the speech. That needs a team that will be dynamic and will have to kick some rear ends. I suspect his team will not rise to the challenge.