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half-genius,
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Just one thing - I live in the same county as this poor bugger, and my FAC is due for renewal in March. I have twenty-three Section 1 rifles and handguns.

For once I'm happy if you flame away.........

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z23MKIx9K5c
 
Posts: 11636 | Location: UK, OR, ONT | Registered: July 10, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Just wow,we sure have it so good in the USA.
Flame you no,just not understanding how things like this happen to good people.
 
Posts: 22432 | Location: Georgia | Registered: February 19, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I had heard that things were tough over there but I could never, in my life, imagine how screwed up and incompetent the process is.

My condolences…


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I watched part of the video, all I could stand. There are more than a handful of States even here I could never live in.
 
Posts: 6822 | Location: WI | Registered: February 29, 2012Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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That sucks Tac. If you ever decide to make the USA your permanent home, we’d be happy to have you. It’s distressing to see what has become of our best ally across the pond.




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Too often, when the "authorities" are incompetent, somehow it is never their fault or responsibility to fix the matter.

I fully support LE and honor the difficult job they have, but I also believe that they have to constantly guard against this tempting tendency. With great power comes great responsibility. One does oneself no favors by attempting to circumvent such.

To a certain extent it can be ascribed to human nature, but it is certainly not the best one can do or be.
 
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That's all kinds of horrendous.

For whatever reason, I'm reminded of the first book of Hitchhiker's Guide, and I think Doug Adams would aptly characterize the bureaucrats involved as Vogons.
 
Posts: 15431 | Location: North Carolina | Registered: October 15, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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My God law enforcement "authorities" have spent all that time and effort taking the man's firearms then on bureaucratic red tape hassling a law abiding citizen. Meanwhile crime there is rampant.


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Sic semper tyrannis


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I was in London and bumped into some Bobbies, being a retired cop we discussed work and they were both astonished that I had carried a P226 for my career and one of them turned white as I told him the department gave me my duty gun when I retired.

I didn’t have the heart to tell them of the rifles and pistols I have besides that one.

I can’t imagine this guy in the video and the aggravation he’s going thru because of the obvious incompetence of the police. No receipt for seized items? Not taking the bolts?

And now charging him with criminal charges, where their bungling will surly come to light, seems like someone’s feelings got ruffled.



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Posts: 11897 | Location: Temple, Texas! | Registered: October 07, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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It is mind boggling to me to see this type of story.

Living in Florida, my normal reality is no registration, no permits, no paperwork required on private sales.
In fact, state law prohibits any form of gun registry. The city of Jacksonville is currently in deep shit because the security at city hall was recording the names and gun serial numbers of people who were carrying concealed guns to the city council meetings. The state found out and is investigating it. The city will get fined and possible criminal chares may be filed (honestly, charges are not likely), The state doesn’t know what guns i have, let alone have any authority to come in and inspect them.

I won’t pile on, but DAMN, that whole situation could have been resolved so easily.
I hope this story getting out helps fix things before you have to renew.



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Posts: 4078 | Location: Jacksonville, FL | Registered: September 10, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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The UK "Vogons", and those of many US jurisdictions, do not view themselves as screwed up or incompetent. They have a different mindset about weapons than many of us do. That is, to disarm the public in any way they view as legal, no matter how far they have to stretch the term "legal" to be able to sleep at night..

About that mindset; I was once assigned to show a visiting UK police officer around our unit, here in the Wild West of Arizona. He said he had never fired a gun, and would not want to carry one. He indicated he would be afraid someone would take it away from him and hurt him with it. As I said; different mindset.....


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Originally posted by gearhounds:
That sucks Tac. If you ever decide to make the USA your permanent home, we’d be happy to have you. It’s distressing to see what has become of our best ally across the pond.


I'm too old now. And when I wasn't, I wasn't of the right degree of ignorance, poverty or attitude. That year the US took in 4000 Eritreans, but not us.
 
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