Time for airguns to be banned? (ex-shooter rant)

a permanent fixture stood in the corner of the room with strangely enough a pair of skis.
I had a shotgun licence but let that slip so the gun went.
Personally I know when/if I was shot which one I’d choose to be on the end of.

Yep – I’d definitley choose the skis.

I for one firmly support the motion to ban MC Hammer.

Love my air rifle, a permanent fixture stood in the corner of the room with strangely enough a pair of skis.

Oddly this is now illegal. You actually need to keep it locked up. Utterly unenforcible, but if you get burgled don’t mention the gun…

I for one firmly support the motion to ban MC Hammer.

ftfy 😉

Bats and hammers kill and maim more people in america than guns.I

They went right downhill when Axl kicked out Slash.

5thElefant – Member

Love my air rifle, a permanent fixture stood in the corner of the room

Oddly this is now illegal. You actually need to keep it locked up. Utterly unenforcible, but if you get burgled don’t mention the gun…

Oddly its not, I just have to prevent access to take ‘reasonable precautions’ to prevent unauthorised access to an air weapon by young persons aged under 18.

As no one under the age of 18 is reasonably likely to access my house and the house is usually reasonably locked, its reasonable to assume I’ve taken reasonable precautions.

🙂

BTW its a vintage Weihrauch HW 35 .22 which is just right for pest control.

Lets not do the ebay seller trick of confusing ‘vintage’ with ‘old’ 🙂

I’ve a HW55 BTW, probably of the same ‘vintage’.

I also post on an airgun forum, a lot of people there think that bicycles should be licensed or banned from the road…..

Oddly this is now illegal. You actually need to keep it locked up.

Not true.

I thought crossbow ownership was now illegal, sure I remember an amnesty several years ago.

Also not true. The only restrictions on crossbows are that a) it is illegal to sell one to anyone under the age of 18, b) persons under the age of 18 may not own a crossbow or any crossbow parts, and c) anyone under the age of 18 may not use a crossbow unless supervised by someone over the age of 21.

The only issue with any sort of weapon, be it shotgun, sporting rifle, air rifle, crossbow or whatever is that they are not inherently dangerous. It is only the user that is potentially dangerous.

I spent years shooting air rifles, shotguns, practical pistol (both before Dunblane and after) and I have also represented England twice in field archery. I have never once witnessed any dangerous occurences or behaviour with anyone who is actively involved in these sports. The only danger comes from the inbred sub 100 IQ **** who use airguns and crossbows as penis extensions

Great Britain has some of the most stringent firearms legislation in the world, which is why we have one of the lowest rates of firearms crime.

bicycles should be … banned from the road

That would certainly have some interesting side effects.

wwaswas – Member

Oooh, the thread resurectionist troll.

good work that man.

Bats and hammers kill and maim more people in america than guns

Ban bats. Or give them glasses.

Or, give the bats hammers, and have an unstoppable army!!! 😈

Weapons are for war, there are no other reasonable purpose for them.

If you turn up to a war with an airgun all the other soldiers are going to laugh at you

“Love my air rifle, a permanent fixture stood in the corner of the room with strangely enough a pair of skis.”

Oddly this is now illegal. You actually need to keep it locked up. Utterly unenforcible, but if you get burgled don’t mention the gun…

Oh shit. I have skis in the corner of both my upstairs room and in the hall downstairs. Where can I buy a ski safe?

Ban Peugeot 106’s. they are more dangerous.
And Citreon Saxos

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weepy – Member

Weapons are for war, there are no other reasonable purpose for them.

If you turn up to a war with an airgun all the other soldiers are going to laugh at you

Worrying thing isnt that the guy that does the homemade firework ?

I have also represented England twice in field archery.

Ooh. What class?

I bet there is some serious recoil on that concrete-block rifle.

I have also represented England twice in field archery.

Ooh. What class?

15 Acre Wheat?

I bet there is some serious recoil on that concrete-block rifle.

About half what you get from a .22LR. So more negligible than serious.

I knew as I was typing that someone would be along with an atomic airgun or something 🙂

nice air rifle that but you’d ave thought that the elf an safety guy would ave made him wear toetectors.

Isn’t it only air rifles with under 12ft/lb in power that don’t need a license?

This any good for shooting vermin?

http://www.surplusstore.co.uk/air-weapons/air-rifles/xs19.html

Isn’t it only air rifles with under 12ft/lb in power that don’t need a license?

This any good for shooting vermin?

http://www.surplusstore.co.uk/air-weapons/air-rifles/xs19.html

Yes, although it wont be producing anything like 12ft/lb, the SMK rifles are all under in stock form. Its also a bit pricey id say.

Any recommendations for up to £100 or so?

Id look around local shops to see what they have, its unusual for air rifles to be ordered online and delivered, which does limit your choice abit. Id also look at second hand too, its perfectly legal to post air rifles so you get lot more choice.

There is nothing wrong with SMK rifles to be fair, they are a bit rough around the edges and if you have a mind too they can be smoothed out a lot. They all shoot well though, which is just aswell as for less then £100 there isn’t much else.

Bats and hammers kill and maim more people in america than guns

Rubbish

Between 2000 – 2010

Homicides by Firearm – 111,289
Homicide by blunt object – 7,049

Homicide by flying rodent does not feature on the list.

http://projects.wsj.com/murderdata/?mg=inert-wsj#view=all

Homicide by flying rodent does not feature on the list.

😆

Homicide by flying rodent does not feature on the list.

It’s only homicides, not accidental death by flying, falling or otherwise airborne rodent.
EDIT which would imply that should you wish to off someone, use of a flying rodent would ensure no-one would ever suspect fowl play

Deth by bats does occur in the states. so neeer
Not sure if it was flying when he died

Sh1t it even happens in the United Kingdom

and

United Kingdom
Mind different species

http://www.naturalnews.com/038687_homicides_hammers_rifles.html my mistake rifles .

I can only find a story about crickets killing a lizard