Gun Nuts And The BNP
Lancaster Unity exposes how loopholes in gun laws allow BNPers to acquire deadly weapons:
“To circumvent the legislation, the guns are equipped with longer barrels and wire stocks at the back which together extend their length to 2ft. Only “short” firearms are banned. Another loophole is for the barrel of the .357 to be kept short and the six-shot cylinder adapted to take “front-loading” bullets. Although the guns take longer to reload, they are in most other respects identical to Hamilton’s.
Both types of gun derive from a .357 made by Taurus which is almost identical to a Smith & Wesson. They are readily obtainable in the UK at prices starting at about £500.
Confusion among police forces about how to interpret the law has turned the issuing of firearms licences into a “lottery”, campaigners claim.
Those who have kept up their interest in guns since the ban include Stephen Fyfe, who is standing for the British National party at a by-election for North East Lincolnshire council this Thursday. Fyfe, 34, owns six guns including a seven-shot pump-action shotgun and a long-barrelled .44 handgun. He said that bearing arms was a “right”, adding: “Guns are one of the reasons I am standing for election. I take deep offence at being assumed to be a psycho just because of what someone else has done.” “
I own about eight guns, mod. Long ones and short. Be very alarmed.
mesquito
22/03/2009 at 20:20
American gun nuts I can handle, but it is neo-fascist BNPers ready to go Postal that are a worry.
modernityblog
22/03/2009 at 20:40
BTW, mod, When you lengthen the barrel of a gun, you make it even more deadly. Goshdarn unintended consequences of silly laws.
Also, if he believes in a right for private citizens to own firearms, he is unlike any fascist I ever heard of.
mesquito
22/03/2009 at 22:33
mes, the BNP want guns to use on OTHERS, so they’ll support whatever helps their cause
I suspect neo-fascists are not intrinsically anti-Gun, just who has the guns
modernityblog
22/03/2009 at 22:35