walt1980 Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Man in his 40s has walked in to a bowling alley with a shotgun and now taken hostages! Obviously hope everyone comes out ok, but not good for the anti gun brigade! Sure well get more details of the guy in time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob-d Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Latest is he has taken two staff members hostage!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squinting shot Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Yeah won't do the shooting community any good hope theirs no fatalities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt1980 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Hes apparently the ex of one of the 2 staff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_Russell Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Just seen this on the news. Hope everyone comes out alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadkill Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 bangs and flashes and armed police seen running towards building Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Isn't taking hostages illegal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 He has now been arrested, thankfully with no casualties. What a terrifying experience! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-41714114 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 It will be interesting to see this run its length. At least it was brought to a swift conclusion. The perpetrator was alive and no one was physically injured although I should think counsellors in the West Midlands will be busy for a while. Was it a legally held firearm? There were reports of it being a "sawn off" Shotgun. What did the fool hope to achieve by holding his ex partner and her boss hostage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 charged with possesion of an imitation firearm.................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevo Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) charged with possesion of an imitation firearm....................So I wonder what the loud bangs that folk reported were ? Sounds like a load of tosh either way. Glad nobody was hurt thats the main thing. Edited October 24, 2017 by stevo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 I thought the loud bangs were the "Flash-Bangs used by the Police as a destraction to allow entry to the building. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 I can see it now - new government legislation bans the use of real Shotguns that look like imitations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 I thought the loud bangs were the "Flash-Bangs used by the Police as a destraction to allow entry to the building. +1, that was my understanding as nobody actually heard him firing, which is understandable seeing as it wasn't real. Still no less terrifying for those involved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 +1, that was my understanding as nobody actually heard him firing, which is understandable seeing as it wasn't real. Still no less terrifying for those involved +1 Still wont help our cause, be it a fake or real, it is a news story about a gun and hostages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 charged with possesion of an imitation firearm.................... And a bladed "weapon" apparantly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breastman Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Suicide by cop attempt in front of the ex, pathetic individual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 It will be registered as a firearms incident unfortunately, regardless of it being an imitation. Reading Colin Greenwoods book at the moment; it is a real eye opener with regards to how the politicians rode rough shod over the English right to bear arms and with special emphasis on the way firearms in crime statistics have been reported, compiled and presented since 1903. Enlightening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Suicide by cop attempt in front of the ex, pathetic individual. Think calling someone pathetic with out knowing exactly what might be the issue is a bit harsh. They might have a mental health issue and to them the only rational thing to do is what they did. We will never know. And we will never know what goes on in other peoples minds. So I disagree with him being a "pathetic individual" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breastman Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Think calling someone pathetic with out knowing exactly what might be the issue is a bit harsh. They might have a mental health issue and to them the only rational thing to do is what they did. We will never know. And we will never know what goes on in other peoples minds. So I disagree with him being a "pathetic individual" Well we can agree to disagree there then. Wanting to commit suicide is one thing, being lucid enough to try to get a police officer to kill you is entirely another. And apparently wanting to do it in front of an ex to get back at them without even having the guts to do it himself makes him pathetic in my book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Well we can agree to disagree there then. Wanting to commit suicide is one thing, being lucid enough to try to get a police officer to kill you is entirely another. And apparently wanting to do it in front of an ex to get back at them without even having the guts to do it himself makes him pathetic in my book. Plus one.... I would just ad VERY. This stupid pathetic person could easily have gotten some innocent person killed. Had he pointed this 'imitation' gun at one of those armed officers they would have every right to put a couple of rounds in him. Never mind how well trained strays do occur putting innocent parties in danger. Deserves everything he gets, but some liberal do gooder or even judge, will no doubt come forward and say what a really nice person he was and doesn't deserve to go to jail. eg the young female let off for stabbing or boyfriend recently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty99 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 So this is the second incident in Nuneaton in the last few months.. Remember the school kid who walked into Higham Lane school with his Dads shotgun and 200 cartridges. Fortunately he gave himself up and no one was hurt. He got sentenced to 6 years. I have lived in Nuneaton for over 50 years, but now it's getting like the Wild West. So glad I moved to the peace and quiet of the Herefordshire countryside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-dot Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 I feel for ALL involved. Sad times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Todays hostage takers weapon of choice is....... http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/man-armed-crossbow-takes-woman-hostage-scotland-1644369 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Todays hostage takers weapon of choice is....... http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/man-armed-crossbow-takes-woman-hostage-scotland-1644369 See the new draconian firearms laws in Scotland are working! They resort to crossbows! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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