Speaking as a Brit, two things. First, by the end of 1997 *all* handguns with a very few (usually historical) exceptions were outlawed. Check the text of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 and Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 on Her Majesty's Stationery Office web site if you want to know the gory details.
Second, watch out for the expected fuss soon to come over here -- the Government are expected to listen to the rabid anti-gun group (all 7 of them) instead of the hundreds of thousands of gun owners, and pretty much ban guns.
I don't know how Godwin's Law applies here, and I suspect it applies badly, but at risk of invoking it I'll point out that in "Mein Kampf" the complete prohibition of private gun ownership is defined as part of the road towards the Third Reich.
ObOnTopic: Without WHOIS, I wouldn't have been able to trace the low-life who's been harassing a friend of mine for the last couple of weeks. Let's see how the bathtub likes having the LEOs on his case.
> The problem for the government is that British history is so imperialistic and militaristic.
Almost right! The *real* problem for the Government is that it is busily trying to act as a democratic body in a country that is still a monarchy. Amidst all the decrying of Blair's Cabinet over "Tory ruin slowed by hardworking Labour leaders", the ugly truth is that no Government since the Second World War has acted properly as laid out by British law.
It gets worse. Blair wants to assimilate Britain into Europe. Not only is this unpopular (countless independent surveys really can't be wrong) but also illegal. Check out the Magna Carta Society for more information on exactly *why* it's illegal.
The last resort, and one that is being seriously considered, is the complete devolution of those regions eligible for it -- Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Yorkshire. Yes, Yorkshire. As a subject kingdom, Yorkshire actually has *more* right to devolve than Wales, which was conquered.
Actually, tandem skydives are *not* made with drogues unless there is a very good reason for it. From personal experience and that of a number of friends, tandem skydives are done in the exact same way as solo skydives, except that there are two people there.
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Speaking as a Brit, two things. First, by the end of 1997 *all* handguns with a very few (usually historical) exceptions were outlawed. Check the text of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 and Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 on Her Majesty's Stationery Office web site if you want to know the gory details.
Second, watch out for the expected fuss soon to come over here -- the Government are expected to listen to the rabid anti-gun group (all 7 of them) instead of the hundreds of thousands of gun owners, and pretty much ban guns.
I don't know how Godwin's Law applies here, and I suspect it applies badly, but at risk of invoking it I'll point out that in "Mein Kampf" the complete prohibition of private gun ownership is defined as part of the road towards the Third Reich.
ObOnTopic: Without WHOIS, I wouldn't have been able to trace the low-life who's been harassing a friend of mine for the last couple of weeks. Let's see how the bathtub likes having the LEOs on his case.
> The problem for the government is that British history is so imperialistic and militaristic.
Almost right! The *real* problem for the Government is that it is busily trying to act as a democratic body in a country that is still a monarchy. Amidst all the decrying of Blair's Cabinet over "Tory ruin slowed by hardworking Labour leaders", the ugly truth is that no Government since the Second World War has acted properly as laid out by British law.
It gets worse. Blair wants to assimilate Britain into Europe. Not only is this unpopular (countless independent surveys really can't be wrong) but also illegal. Check out the Magna Carta Society for more information on exactly *why* it's illegal.
The last resort, and one that is being seriously considered, is the complete devolution of those regions eligible for it -- Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Yorkshire. Yes, Yorkshire. As a subject kingdom, Yorkshire actually has *more* right to devolve than Wales, which was conquered.
RR
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Actually, tandem skydives are *not* made with drogues unless there is a very good reason for it. From personal experience and that of a number of friends, tandem skydives are done in the exact same way as solo skydives, except that there are two people there.
RR.
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