Comments on: UK Weapons and Firearms Law updated January 2018

By: Stickin_my_ore_in

Stickin_my_ore_in — Thu, 05 Dec 2019 03:37:28 +0000

RE: Unknown on July 31, 2019 at 1:51 am

Nobody can own a shotgun (or any gun) for self-defense purposes, only sporting or vermin control purposes. You should probably take martial arts or self-defense classes instead. Also, lobotomies haven’t been used since the dark ages as far as I know… Quote: “Lobotomy is rarely, if ever, performed today, and if it is, “it’s a much more elegant procedure,” Lerner said. “You’re not going in with an ice pick and monkeying around.” The removal of specific brain areas (psychosurgery) is only used to treat patients for whom all other treatments have failed.” So it would seem your fear is unfounded in that regard.

A friend of mine has a tattoo on his wrist that reads “you’re only disappointed” because he suffers from an anxiety disorder and used to get stressed out when doing everyday things like shopping; not being able to find a product or service he wanted would make him angry and stressed leading to shouting at staff in shops and being thrown out by security or police. The tattoo reminds him that he’s only disappointed and shouldn’t get himself worked up about the situation but rather move on and try somewhere else. I admire his coping strategy as I think a lot of us can blow things out of proportion in our minds at some time or another, just remember that the chances are that you’re only disappointed and that’s OK.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:51:03 +0000

Hi, i’m in a bit of a pickle and might need a shotgun to defend myself with. I don’t particularly like the idea of stabbing someone in the eye with a bic or screwdriver, or using ‘the old bill’ who quite frankly are about as useful as a paper machete. Police these days only really understand crimes, suspects, and identification which is not really very helpful if you are dead. The trouble is that I have a mental health diagnosis and obtaining a license would be a bit of a non-starter. I can assure you however that I am not a nutter, and have the same rights as anyone else to defend myself, with lethal force if necessary. I am a firm believer that the people who need guns most of all are those with mental health difficulties because they cannot resist a very corrupt system with the same impunity as those without a diagnosis.

I mean, beatings, lobotomies, ECT, unrestricted incarceration, and I can’t own a gun?

By: Legalgeek

Legalgeek — Wed, 29 May 2019 18:17:10 +0000

There’s substantially more to it than that. For example, you cannot lie in wait for an intruder (see the Tony Martin case), nor can you set traps. Also you must not discharge at a fleeing intruder or one who is attempting to leave or has stated his (genuine) intention to leave.
Any of the above will result in criminal charges, even for a registered keeper.
Note that keeping a firearm under the bed or similar, “just in case” will be treated similarly to lying in wait. Firearms should be stored according to regulations at all times.
A crude but helpful way of thinking is that if you were required to, could you prove to the satisfaction of judge and jury, that a) you had not lain in wait, and b) you retrieved your firearm from secure storage in response to a perceived threat to your life or safety and that of those in the house from an intruder inside the house, and c) wielding the firearm was intended to deter the intruder – that firing your firearm was from start to finish the option of last resort, to be relied upon only when in immediate danger of imminent violence or to protect another from same. It should go without saying that aiming to injure/scare off instead of aiming to kill would help your case also, but to be sure I’ve included it anyway.
Please bear in mind it is your own responsibility to understand and avoid by current legislation. While learned, I do not practice law so my reply is offered as general guidance only, to cover some omissions I noticed. My current knowledge may or may not be 100 percent up to date. Seek professional legal advice at all times.

If you adopt that approach you will hopefully never have to squeeze the trigger and if you do, you’ll have done so only when no other option was available, and we’re still diligent enough to minimise injury.

By: Nathan Brown

Nathan Brown — Tue, 21 May 2019 17:43:13 +0000

Give a read through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-defence_in_English_law

The most recent case was that of Andy and Tracey Ferrie. They were in bed when two burglars entered their home. Mr Ferrie fired his (legally-held) shotgun at the men. The couple were arrested but then released without charge.

The judge at the intruders’ trial said: “If you burgle a house in the country where the householder owns a legally held shotgun, that is the chance you take. You cannot come to court and ask for a lighter sentence because of it.”

By: HazyDayz

HazyDayz — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 19:20:15 +0000

There isn’t any mate, under NO circumstances can a firearm be used for defence in the UK only elite police firearms units have the ability to shoot on sight in the UK

By: Kaden

Kaden — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:24:45 +0000

What sort of home defence firearms are available in the uk?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:23:49 +0000

It’s actuallythe case that gun laws hold less correlation to crime than you think. You can get guns illegally, which if you are going to commit a crime it’s the only logical thing to do. Legal firearms are almost never used in crimes, and when they are it often is not owned by the assailant.

By: Theo

Theo — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:57:22 +0000

Hello!
Im 15 and would love to be able to go shooting at a club with a vintage rifle. Am I correct in my understanding that I would need to be 18 to own a bolt action rifle (11mm 1886 Austrian mannlicher) as it holds multiple rounds and has a rifled barrel as I would need an FAC?
Regards

By: Lucia

Lucia — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:29:13 +0000

Hi, thank you for getting back to me with advice much appreciated – especially for me not to mention that I am concerned about getting burgled. Regarding the busses pissing me off – this is the problem I have now where I live – hence my reason for wanting to move back to Lincolnshire where I lived quite some time ago.

By: David

David — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 11:13:10 +0000

Hello just found this site and I am impressed with the founder and some of the commets. Civil war is imminent and planned. The largest mistake Britains people made I following the governments plan for a European civil war in 1939. Am sure today many people realise what are people have done. I beileve we will pay dearly. Prepping is the only thing we can do.

By: Warren

Warren — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:30:46 +0000

Here in Aus, thanks to the Shooters and Fishers party. We can defend ourselves and family in our home or place of work. We are allowed to use Deadly Force if that is to be used against us.

By: Martin Woodhead

Martin Woodhead — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 17:35:20 +0000

you can tool up with a semi-auto .22 Ar15 can even have a .22 magnum though there’s no real point for that.
you can have all manner of straight pull i.e, not self-loading ar15s, ak, fals etc you just have to join a gun club and get a license.
you can have a .50 cal bolt action BMG rifle it’s not an anti-material rifle as you cannot have anything other than solid lead bullets you need to be rich and there are less than half a dozen MoD ranges where you can shoot one.
Northern Ireland allows carry for self-defense but the government will issue you one of they consider your under threat ex-police udr or a politician random people aren’t likely to be targeted for assassination violent criminals who aren’t linked to the paramilitaries life expectancy is going to be short.
long barreled revolvers and modern cap and ball revolvers fall into its legal but the home office hate you.