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Last updated: Friday, 05 February 2010 11:01 PM |
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UK: Student arrested for having a loaded handgun
"A college student is due to face court charged with a variety of firearm offences after he allegedly walked into class with an armed semi-automatic hand gun, bullets and a silencer. The 18-year-old pupil at Kingston College, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested by police on Tuesday afternoon. A subsequent search of his home by the Met's Serious and Organised Crime Directorate found a semi-automatic pistol, ammunition and a silencer, along with a stash of cannabis." Submitted by DG.
Submitters comment: Guess he forgot handguns were banned in the UK about 12 years ago.
US: Two inch 'gun' lands nine-year-old in hot water
"A mother is demanding answers after an elementary school principal threatened to suspend her son for bringing a two inch action figure with a toy gun to class. "This isn't a safety issue. This isn't a zero tolerance policy on gun control. This is a judgment issue. I mean, what's the worst that could happen? It could poke you in the eye?" Laura Timoney said. It's two inches long. So tiny, you can barely hold on to it with two fingers. "The principal referred to it as an imitation weapon," Timoney said. "
WA: Retired senior police oppose 'stop and search ' laws likening them to Nazi Germany
"Two retired senior police officers have likened a proposal to give police unprecedented stop and search powers to Nazi Germany. Retired police superintendents Dave Parkinson and John Watson have spoken out against the proposal, which has been at the centre of controversy this week. They said the laws were draconian, similar to what would have been used in Nazi Germany. But Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan has rejected the claims."
SA: State election due next month ─ Mike Rann gets a slapping in new poll
"Labor's vote has slumped and it faces a battle to hold government at the state election as a majority of voters say they do not trust Premier Mike Rann. An Advertiser poll of 539 voters statewide on Wednesday night puts the Liberals back in the election race and capable of forcing an upset victory on March 20. In a major blow for the Government, only 34 per cent of people polled said they trusted Mr Rann."
UK: Gun related crime up 40% as Brits continue to ignore the symptoms
"A police watchdog pulled a presentation on how officers target crimes involving firearms because of fears it would glorify gun culture. Anna Tapsell, chair of Lambeth’s Community Police Consultative Group (CPCG), cancelled a presentation by specialist firearms officers scheduled for its meeting tonight. She had concerns the presentation could be "misinterpreted" by the public." Submitted by DG.
UK: 'A householder is attacked by a violent burglar every 30 minutes'
"A householder is attacked by a violent burglar every 30 minutes. . . According to the BCS, householders came face-to-face with burglars in 20 per cent of domestic burglaries last year. . . Of the burglaries in which the victim came face-to-face with the intruder, violence was either used or threatened in 59 per cent of crimes, and was actually used in 40 per cent of cases. Tories estimated that householders came face-to-face with burglars in 57,000 – 20 per cent – of burglaries. . . Of these, 23,000 resulted in the burglar using violence against the householder." Submitted by DG.
UK: On suppressors (silencers) and Metro barrels
"F&S contributor Tom McIntyre once told me about a trip to Scotland. After stalking all day, he went out with the gamekeeper at night “lamping” (what we call jacklighting, spotlighting in Oz) rabbits. As Tom described it, they crept around the edge of town in a Land Rover, shooting rabbits out of people’s front yards with a suppressed rifle. Rabbits are considered vermin in the U.K. Having never seen anything like this back home, Tom finally asked the keeper: “Is this, you know, legal?” To which the keeper replied in his thick burr: “Legal? Aye, it’s encouraged!”
UK: Trivial pursuits
"When physicist Niels Bohr watched westerns, he noticed that the cowboy who drew his gun first and so had an advantage, was often the one shot. The Nobel laureate's favoured solution to his "gunslinger's paradox" has now been confirmed in part: people move faster when reacting than when they initiate the same actions. Such reactive responses are about 21 milliseconds quicker than planned actions, according to research. It means that the gunslinger who draws last, draws faster." Submitted by DG.
When Niels Bohr watched westerns he should have remembered the baddie always draws first, but the goodie always wins.
AUS: The mysteries of annealing revealed
"We are talking about heating and cooling specific parts of brass cartridge cases. The temperature reached and the rate of cooling govern the changes which occur within the brass itself. These changes must be the right sort. So, like it or not, we must know some basics of metallurgy. Our aim is to restore three properties (ductility, malleability and elasticity) to their original levels in some parts of the brass cartridge case, without robbing the rest of the case of anything."
CAN: Police want power to seize knives before a crime is committed
"Combating a proliferation of knife crimes would be easier if the province drafts legislation that edges Saskatchewan closer to a province-wide knife ban, says Saskatoon police Chief Clive Weighill. Weighill (has) argued for a provision that would allow police to seize a knife -- or a sword or a machete -- even if it hasn't been used in a crime or there's no discernible intention to commit an offence. Police want the power to seize (a) weapon before a crime is committed. Because some people use knives legitimately, police would decide when a knife is a threat." Police are an authoritarian organisation, no matter where they are.
SA: Michael Atkinson's humiliating backdown
"S.A. Attorney General Michael Atkinson will move immediately to repeal controversial laws which sparked an outcry over censorship of the internet. Earlier, Mr Atkinson said it would be repealed but could not do it until after the election and had promised that no action would be taken against internet users during the election campaign. But after comments from Ms Chapman that it could be done, Mr Atkinson said he had decided to act immediately and paid tribute to Ms Chapman for her suggestion." Submitted by WM.
UK: 'Powerful handgun' found at further education college
"A powerful handgun has been recovered at a further education college during a police drugs search. The Baikal 9mm pistol and ammunition were discovered when police, acting on detailed intelligence, searched an 18-year-old student at Kingston College in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey. A further search at the youth’s home address uncovered a silencer and a quantity of cannabis. The Baikal is a Russian-made handgun designed to fire CS gas pellets and marketed in Eastern Europe as a self-defence weapon. " Submitted by DG.
SA: The Twitterer In Chief has spoken
"AG has listened. So no debate will be stifled. No political censorship of blogs or on-line comments whether named or anon."
Take that, you Attorney General, you!
NT: Police taser man allegedly waving a toy pistol
"Police fired a Taser at a man after he walked along one of Darwin's busiest streets allegedly pointing a toy pistol at people. Superintendent Bob Harrison says officers donned protective gear on Mitchell Street yesterday afternoon amid fears the toy might be a real weapon. "We had a report of a male with a pistol walking down Mitchell Street, pointing the pistol at people," Superintendent Harrison said."
SA: Govt. will repeal internet censor laws - after the state election.
"South Australia's Attorney-General Michael Atkinson has made a "humiliating" backdown and announced he will repeal his law censoring internet comment on the state election. After a furious reaction to the new laws, Mr Atkinson released this statement at 10pm last night: "From the feedback we've received, the blogging generation believes that the law supported by all MPs and all political parties is unduly restrictive. "I have listened. I will immediately after the election move to repeal the law retrospectively." RELATED: Audio: Michael Atkinson ABC interview
SA: "Censoring free speech in the secret state"
"Many regimes around the world have attempted to do the unthinkable - censor free speech. The South Australian Government appears to be one body which is going to successfully apply such suppression. Such a draconian move should come as no surprise. In many ways, it is entirely predictable. The State Government has long made obvious its distaste for those who disagree with its policies in any form and to any degree whatsoever. It is indeed difficult to recall a government of any persuasion being quite so sensitive." Shades of the UN. It's not often we agree with anything written in The Advertiser - most times it's a damn useless rag. But it's got it right this time. RELATED: UN Agency proposes 'drivers license' for the web
KYRGYZSTAN: No joke – sheeple to get passports
"Kyrgyzstan is preparing to roll out a new system under which the millions of sheep residing in the mountainous state will receive their own high-tech passport, state television reported. First Deputy Prime Minister Akylbek Japarov says the government has drafted a bill to deliver cutting-edge passports to the nation's sheep. "We are ready to make a passport for each sheep," he said in an address to Parliament."
UN: Agency proposes 'drivers license' for the world wide web
"The world needs a treaty to prevent cyber attacks becoming an all-out war, the head of the main UN communications and technology agency warned Saturday. International Telcommunications Union secretary general Hamadoun Toure gave his warning at a World Economic Forum debate where experts said nations must now consider when a cyber attack becomes a declaration of war. With attacks on Google from China a major talking point in Davos, Toure said the risk of a cyber conflict between two nations grows every year."
MEX: Drug gang invades student party, 13 shot dead
"Suspected drug hitmen in Mexico have burst into a party and killed 13 high school students in Ciudad Juarez, the latest massacre in one of the world's deadliest cities. The students were celebrating victory in a local American football championship in a house in the city across the border from El Paso, Texas. "The men drove up in four SUVs. They were well-armed," a neighbour at the scene said. "They went into the house and shot at everyone. You could hear the gunfire all around."
"You can't fix stupid"
"To all you hunters who kill animals for food, shame on you; you ought to go to the store and buy the meat that was made there, where no animals were harmed." Submitted by BF. Don't know which paper this was published in but the heading is spot on. Stupid is as stupid does. Reminds us of the idiot who refused to buy milk from a milk churn because, he said, it was cow's milk. We all know milk comes in cartons but where does the milk in the cartons come from, hey? Click on the headline to see the original scan.
CANADA : Project Safe City took my gun
"A pounding at the door the other morning; my windows rattled. I was upstairs at work. I don't always leave my desk to hear the good news about Jehovah. The pounder was insistent. I went down, if only for the sake of the windows. Oh, jeeze, the cops. Officers Firth and Kozar in attendance. "What's up, boys?" My preference was to talk to them through the plate glass door. They wanted to come inside. Not a chance.. Officer K. said, "Are you aware of Project Safe City?" I hate it when a guy answers a question with a question. "Why do you want to know?" Officer K. said, "We have reason to believe you have a firearm." Oh, here we go again." I presume my gun's in storage now. Aren't you glad the city's safer?" 05
AUS: Job opportunities ─ PETA seeking campaign and media staff for new Oz office
"Animal rights group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, will set up an office in Australia this year. The organisation is currently looking for campaign and media staff, to brief celebrities and manage Australian animal rights campaigns. On its target list is live exports, caged eggs, fur, sow stalls, and more campaigns against mulesing." RELATED: PETA kills animals
UK: Teacher banned for a year for self-defence with an airgun
"A school teacher who fired an air pistol to scare a gang of youths who attacked him has been struck off. Allan Dickson's actions were deemed "highly irresponsible and reckless" by a panel at the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS). The disciplinary sub-committee said there was no alternative to removing the 33-year-old's name from the teaching register. The decision means that he is banned from teaching."
US: PETA says Groundhog Day should be celebrated with a robotic squirrel
"Organisers of America's annual Groundhog Day celebration have dismissed calls to replace the famous ground-dwelling squirrel with a robot. According to folklore, if the groundhog, which hibernates over winter, sees its shadow when it emerges from its burrow it will retreat back inside and winter will continue for another six weeks. Groundhog Day, made famous by the movie of the same name, is a holiday celebrated on February 2 each year to see whether or not Punxsutawney Phil, who appeared in the movie, emerges from his burrow. But now animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has called for a robot to spare Phil the glare of the spotlight." PETA; short for hypocrite. PETA killed 99.7% of all animals taken to its 'shelters' in 2008. RELATED: PETA kills animals
Sth. Africa: Strict gun laws, a high crime rate. . . and over 3000 police guns stolen in a year.
"The worrying statistic comes less than six months before the football World Cup kicks off in the country. Dianne Kohler Barnard, the opposition Democratic Alliance shadow police minister, said that the state weapons manufacturer Armscor had recently ordered 4,000 replacement 9mm handguns made by the Italian manufacturer Beretta. A parliamentary committee heard that 2,944 police weapons were lost or stolen between January and September last year – more than in the whole of 2008, which was itself an increase on 2007, she said." Submitted by DG. 4000 replacements... that must be to allow for another thousand guns being stolen this year.
US: I stopped needing a gun because a voice inside my head said "I'm not angry"
. . . I asked myself a question, “Why not?” It surprised me when the answer came back, like a voice spoken by someone else in my head: “Because I’m not angry.” I realized that when a gun speaks, what comes out of its mouth is an expression of anger — sometimes intentional, sometimes subliminal — but anger nonetheless. And I don’t need a gun to speak for me, because I’m not angry. Crikey! Submitted by DG.
QLD: State doubles up on 'roo shoot regulations
"The Bligh Government's ban from January 1 this year on trading of meat from kangaroos with body shots has been questioned by kangaroo industry representatives. They say professional shooters already comply with federal regulations that demand kangaroos be killed humanely by a shot to the head. The changes to Queensland's Com-mercial (sic) Macropod Management Progam (sic) make it unlawful to sell or buy kangaroos that have not been killed humanely by a shot to the head with a suitable firearm."
VIC: Hugo Wirth (RSPCA) criticises police over decision to shoot injured 'roo
"A debate has erupted between the RSPCA and Police Association over a policeman's decision to shoot an injured kangaroo. The image shows a police cocking the trigger and pointing his revolver at an injured kangaroo in a Melbourne street. It was an emotional scene for animal lovers and wildlife carers, a scene that could have only one result. The big kangaroo was hit by a car and severely injured before struggling on to tram tracks in Plenty Rd, Bundoora. Police phoned for an animal ranger to assess the kangaroo and its badly broken leg, but there was no one available."
NSW: Drug and firearms charges laid against 'aspiring bikie club member'
"Drug and firearm charges have been laid against a NSW man who police say is an aspiring bikie club member. Officers investigating the sale of illegal drugs at Newcastle nightclubs arrested the 27-year-old man on Monday after raiding a property at Kemps Creek." During the search police will allege they located and seized an amount of drugs, including cocaine, cash, mobile phones, steroids, firearms and ammunition and other weapons, including an extendable baton," police said in a statement."
NSW: Nanny State cannot save us from ourselves
"This month Manly Council erected a surfboard-shaped sign at its most famous beach to instruct board-riders how to behave in the surf. Two years ago the council installed a $26,000 safety fence at the notorious ''jump rock'', where the young and young-at-heart plunge into the ocean below. This year it pledged to have rangers patrol the area, intent on catching thrill-seekers in the act. But their efforts haven't stopped the kids from jumping, and the fence has simply turned out to be an expensive ratepayer-funded diving platform." RELATED: Private Encroachments
QLD: Brisbane siege ends after man's suicide
A siege in Brisbane has ended after a man turned the gun on himself. The man had broken into the house in Moranbah mid-afternoon on Monday. he was alone inside the house and officers were negotiating with him when he shot himself about 10 pm. The incident will be investigated by the Ethical Standards Command and a report prepared for the coroner.
UN: It's time to get rid of it
"For those who follow the UN, a recent Associated Press investigation that the UN “cut back sharply on investigations into corruption and fraud within its ranks, shelving cases involving the possible theft or misuse of millions of dollars” is not surprising. Even those who applaud the work the UN does are honest enough to admit that there is much wrong about the way it behaves and its moral authority." Submitted by WM.
NSW: Farmers take up Peter Spencer's protest over property rights
"Grazier Peter Spencer's hunger strike over land clearing laws and property rights may have ended, but other farmers are taking up his cause in droves. Mr Spencer's protest over laws that prevent him from clearing vegetation on his property not far from Cooma saw him fast for 52 days while sitting atop a tower. On February 2, farmers across NSW are planning on boarding buses and travelling hundreds of kilometres to Parliament House in Canberra to protest against the erosion of their property rights."
As we have oft pointed out, firearms owners also have ongoing issues with the extinction of property rights, and the conversion of rights into conditional privileges.
WA: Oz State Governments can be as silly as any, anywhere
"When the enemy reached Australia's largest state last year, the Kimberley Toad Busters knew the battle was on. But they didn't expect that officialdom might strip them of their most effective weapon. The enemy? The cane toad. The weapon? Plastic bags full of carbon dioxide - long considered the animal-friendly alternative to whacking the creatures with golf clubs or cricket bats. But Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation isn't so sure that euphonising Bufo marinus with carbon dioxide is the kindest way to go, and says further tests are needed. Keep on whacking them instead, says the government." Here's an idea: Shoot them with an air rifle - and bill the state government for the pellets. There, that ought to fix it!
RELATED: Kimberley Toad Busters
UK: The Nanny State targets deadly tooth picks
"The next time you dine out you might want to take your dental floss with you. For it seems the toothpick has become the latest victim of the health and safety police - leaving disgruntled diners with food stuck between their molars. Staff at a luxury hotel chain are refusing to provide customers with the post-meal dental sticks - because they are 'potentially dangerous'. However, sharp metal cutlery on the table is - for now - still acceptable." Submitted by DG. Sorry, but this story is to good to pass up.
RELATED: Private Encroachments
UK: Signs of growing sanity on self-defence
The Prime Minister's unambiguous support today for "the right of law-abiding people to defend themselves" is welcome indeed. Following our campaign to change the law on self-defence, which was given new vigour by the case of Munir Hussain, Gordon Brown has recognised that "the law should lean as far as possible on the side of the householder". The Conservatives have pledged to replace the "reasonable force" test with a new one: under their alternative, which we support, an individual would only be prosecuted if the response to an attack is "grossly disproportionate". Nothing concentrates a politician's mind more than the prospect of electoral defeat. Even so, signs of growing sanity amongst the "governing classes" should not be discouraged.
AUS: Love song for firearms has been viewed more than 1.6 m times on YouTube
Steve Lee says he never set out to be an internet hit. He just loves guns - and thought he would write a song about it.
He says he is as shocked as anyone that his YouTube clip I Like Guns has been viewed more than 1.26 million times in the six weeks it has been online. The paean to guns, produced by Bill Chambers - father of Kasey - features Lee shooting at everything from watermelons to cars, and with everything from muzzleloaders to a fully automatic M60 and a rocket-propelled grenade. Some of the guns are so dangerous that they are banned in Australia, meaning Mr Lee had to travel to Cambodia to film much of the clip. "Some of the guns are so dangerous that they are banned in Australia." Not half as dangerous as ill-informed "reporters" who inject personal bias into an article.
NSW: Police Union industrial relations officer's firearms seized
"Police have seized firearms from a councillor employed as a civilian industrial relations officer with the NSW Police Union after charging him with assaulting his wife. The order to take possession of four firearms from Anthony Andrews, an independent Randwick City councillor, was issued last month."
SOUTH AFRICA: GOSA (Gun Owners of South Africa) accuse minister of contradicting himself
"We suggest Minister Mthethwa get his own house in order before harassing the people who pay his salary," Gosa executive member Brett Nortje said in a statement on Friday. Nortje said the minister contradicted himself by saying that responsible gun ownership did not cause crime, but shortly afterwards that the profusion of firearms in South Africa kept the government from building a safe society" Submitted by WM.
US: Washington Times Editorial; Murder rates go down as gun ownership rates go up
"More guns in law-abiding hands mean less crime. The District of Columbia proves the point. Reading most press accounts, one would be forgiven for thinking Armageddon had arrived after the Supreme Court struck down the District's handgun ban in 2008. Predictions sprung forth from all directions that allowing more citizens to own guns and not forcing them to keep them locked up was going to threaten public safety. According to D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty, more guns in homes would cause more violent crime."
CLASS: New article - Private Encroachments
"Most people accept that some things are legitimately the responsibility of the government while others are private matters. Indeed, this distinction was well known to the ancient Greeks. Aristotle described the public realm of the polis, state, city or republic as the site where people consent to or contest the laws, contracts, covenants, or principles of community that govern personal and social conduct. The assumption that the government is entitled to own all the guns while the people have none is consistent with the concept of the unaccountable sovereign."
NSW: Turnbull urged to run for State Premier
"Malcolm Turnbull is being urged by supporters to consider a switch to state politics for a tilt at becoming NSW premier. But Mr Turnbull's public meltdown in the wake of being ousted as federal Liberal leader is a turn-off to rank-and-file members, and supporters believe he would have to offer a mea culpa to the party if he were serious about a second political career in state politics. Mr Turnbull recently returned to Australia after visiting South America and the US to attend an Australian-America leadership dialogue. "Everyone is telling him to have a go in state politics," a Liberal supporter is reported as saying."
He'd want to work on his persona a bit.
US: Shooting clubs take NJ state government to court over gun law
"The Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs has filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court of New Jersey seeking nullification of the recently enacted one-gun-a-month gun rationing law. The lawsuit is in response to the false vow made by New Jersey’s lawmakers’ promise of new legislation exempting firearm collectors and competitive shooters from the law. The Firearms Task Force, which was created by former Governor Jon Corzine (D), promised that the one-gun-a-month reform bill would give immunity to the true gun collectors and competitors, as they were not the target of the law’s scope." Submitted by WM.
Suing politicians to keep their promises – now there's a novel concept!
US: Evidence that cities are safer with guns
"There is abundant evidence that our cities are safer with guns. One of the most remarkable examples of this simple maxim is Washington, D.C. Thirty-two years ago, lawmakers banned gun ownership in D.C. Over the next three decades, the murder rate in the nation’s capital skyrocketed 134 percent. Yet in the two years since a federal appeals court overturned the D.C. ban of handguns, the incidence of gun violence has dropped dramatically."
AUS: The Rise and Rise of the Regulators
"In 2009, more than 50,000 pages of new laws were enacted at the federal, state and territory levels. These were in addition to the 100,000s of pages of existing laws. The consequences are serious. The first is that Australia will cease to be a world leader in being governed in accordance with the rule of law, and instead become ruled by law (there being a fundamental difference). Secondly, the rule of law will be progressively replaced by the rule of the regulator, the antithesis of the rule of law." Submitted by JP. This article certainly supports the views expressed in our email alert, yesterday. We have huge problems with increasingly authoritarian law enforcement agencies in Australia, and governments that think they know what is best for the peasants.
VIC: Two charged with drug and firearms offences following police raid
"Two men have been charged with drugs and firearms offences following a swoop by armed crimes taskforce detectives early on Tuesday. The detectives were investigating a drive-by shooting at a property at Yandoit, near Daylesford, northwest of Melbourne on October 31 last year, in which a man was shot in the driveway of his High Street house."
QLD: Pistol that 'went missing' from Lotus Glen Jail is mysteriously returned
"A pistol that disappeared from a far north Queensland prison has been mysteriously returned to the room from where it went missing. Yesterday, at about 12.30pm, the pistol was located in a padded post bag back where it belonged. The armoury is in an area of the prison, not accessible by inmates. Investigations by police and Corrective Services into the incident will continue."
QLD: Missing gun 'may have been stolen by prison staffer'
"A semi-automatic handgun reported missing from Lotus Glen Prison near Mareeba may have been stolen from a locked armoury by a prison staffer, authorities suspect. The Australian Federal Police and an explosives sniffer dog yesterday joined the search for the missing Glock 22 as officials admitted they did not know when the gun vanished. It could have been missing for weeks. They have also been unable to rule out the possibility the gun was still on prison grounds. A prison source, who asked not to be named, said the gun had been signed in and locked in a secure armoury before it was noticed missing on Friday. He said the prison went into lockdown and all weekend visits were stopped while guards searched cells and stripped searched prisoners in a bid to find the gun." What's the betting we won't hear much from Bob Brown on this?
US: Daisy introduces 70th Anniversary Red Ryder airgun
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n 2010 Daisy Manufacturing proudly introduces the 70th anniversary commemorative edition of the Daisy Red Ryder BB gun. With nationwide newspaper comic strip syndication, comic books, magazines, books, serial and feature films, the Red Ryder character is probably one of the best-known fictitious western characters who ever didn't live. Created by Stephen Slesinger and illustrated by renowned western artist Fred Harman, Red Ryder, his Native American sidekick Little Beaver and trusty steed Thunder first leapt off the pages of Dell Crackerjack Funnies #9 in March, 1939. But Red made merchandising history when he sauntered into the offices of Daisy Manufacturing, eventually inking a licensing agreement that would stand the test of time. Even the Poms allow low-powered air guns without a licence, but courtesy of the Aus. State Governments they are too dangerous for the plebs to own.
QLD: Glock 'goes missing' from prison in state's north
"Australian Federal Police have been called in to assist in the search for a pistol missing from a locked armoury at Lotus Glen prison in the state's north. The prison has been in a three-day lockdown with strip-searches and a cell-to-cell rollout after a 9mm Glock pistol went missing from the prison armoury. In an embarrassing breach of security, officials this morning confirmed the semi-automatic handgun – without ammunition – was identified as missing from the locked armoury on Friday. The weapon, a Glock pistol was identified as missing from a locked and sealed armoury cabinet during a routine reconciliation." It could have been "missing" for months!
UK: TV presenter says law on self defence is 'ridiculous' after warning by police
"Your property or home is under threat. What do you do? For many people the natural instinct to protect what is theirs takes over and they react in the only way they know – they take on the thief. Last week television presenter Myleene Klass criticised the law after being spoken to by police for waving a knife at two people who had peered through a window at her home. Klass told national radio the law is “ridiculous”, stressing that everyone should have the right to protect their family and property at “any lengths possible”. Submitted by DG. Interesting comments at the end of the story. 04
