crazycooker Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-england-kent-41996654 Edited November 15, 2017 by crazycooker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Bad press for who? Silly old codgers who keep illegal arms? It's not bad press for me and my legally held stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 I agree entirely with Walshie, how on earth can such an illegal act reflect on me or any other sportsman. Next people will be saying that every horrendous knife crime reflects on me because I have and use a knife for skinning and carving my Sunday lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Me matt Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 He was well ready for them Zombies ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 why only 5 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazycooker Posted November 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Think that’s the max but maybe I am wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted November 15, 2017 Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Crikey!! Some pretty heavyweight stuff there if they were all live ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 Think the only way this is bad press for legal owners is because the topic of licences will no doubt come up and antis will make some drivvel up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, ShootingEgg said: Think the only way this is bad press for legal owners is because the topic of licences will no doubt come up and antis will make some drivvel up. I thought he wasn’t licensed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 14 minutes ago, Scully said: I thought he wasn’t licensed? He was not.. Im just saying that no matter if he was or wasn't, anti gun people will bring it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 2 hours ago, ShootingEgg said: He was not.. Im just saying that no matter if he was or wasn't, anti gun people will bring it up. I’m not really too fussed what antis think to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewulf Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 19 hours ago, crazycooker said: Think that’s the max but maybe I am wrong 5 years is supposed to be the minimum, not the maximum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShootingEgg Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Scully said: I’m not really too fussed what antis think to be honest. Neither am I but they latch onto anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rovercoupe Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 If he has 6 counts of possession against him does that mean there were 6 guns that were illegal and the rest were still deactivated or obsolete caliber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaymo Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 6 minutes ago, rovercoupe said: If he has 6 counts of possession against him does that mean there were 6 guns that were illegal and the rest were still deactivated or obsolete caliber? That was my thinking..... otherwise what’s the point in only taking six into consideration as surely if there were other they were either dropped or as you say, deacts or obsolete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 3 hours ago, ShootingEgg said: Neither am I but they latch onto anything. Let them; it’s of no concern to legitimate firearms owners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandladdie Posted November 16, 2017 Report Share Posted November 16, 2017 On 15/11/2017 at 17:00, walshie said: Bad press for who? Silly old codgers who keep illegal arms? It's not bad press for me and my legally held stuff. You are correct, but you are banking on the mob ( general public) being able to differentiate between you and this crazy codger. I don't have any faith that the mob would manage that, or want to in ban it Britain. Antis gun folk will be rubbing their hands. Mainly at the GPs ignorance and their ability to peddle lies to achieve their end game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymondley Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 21 hours ago, Highlandladdie said: You are correct, but you are banking on the mob ( general public) being able to differentiate between you and this crazy codger. I don't have any faith that the mob would manage that, or want to in ban it Britain. Antis gun folk will be rubbing their hands. Mainly at the GPs ignorance and their ability to peddle lies to achieve their end game. Absolutely. Which is why one would expect any "Shooting association" to be all over stories like this. It seems nothing regarding firearms can be reported in the USA without an opinion or comment from the NRA. Quite the opposite here, who's correcting inaccuracies and presenting the respectable face of legal gun ownership? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 17, 2017 Report Share Posted November 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Wymondley said: Absolutely. Which is why one would expect any "Shooting association" to be all over stories like this. It seems nothing regarding firearms can be reported in the USA without an opinion or comment from the NRA. Quite the opposite here, who's correcting inaccuracies and presenting the respectable face of legal gun ownership? As far correcting inaccuracies are concerned Our shooting organisations can’t do anymore than you or I. They can contact the relevant media and point out the innaccuracues, but how would the general public get to hear of it? The media certainly wouldn’t give it the same exposure they gave the misleading article ( if they even printed a retraction or correction ......which they wouldn’t ) so how would our shooting organisations correct that info’ to the extent the general public would be made aware? its down to each and every one of us as individuals to contact any and all media which print garbage and let them know that their info is not only inaccurate but downright deliberately misleading at times, in cynical attempts to atttact revenue. And that we know that is why they’re doing it. The only problem with this, is that very very few can be bothered, but funnily enough can be bothered to post their discontent on forums such as this.9 There’s nothing as easy as doing nothing. We get what we deserve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wymondley Posted November 18, 2017 Report Share Posted November 18, 2017 Scully, It's about having a press office like a pack of terriers. Try finding an animal cruelty case in the national press without a comment from the RSPCA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 18, 2017 Report Share Posted November 18, 2017 3 hours ago, Wymondley said: Scully, It's about having a press office like a pack of terriers. Try finding an animal cruelty case in the national press without a comment from the RSPCA. The RSPCA has wealth and influence and connections to the sympathetic ear of the media (who are all too ready and willing to stick it to who they perceive as the establishment ) our shooting organisations can only dream of. What good would it do to BASC, CA or the NGO having a press office like the proverbial pack of terriers without anyone who cares to report it? Like i said; there’s nothing to stop hundreds of thousands of shooters complaining. But they wont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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