Well, early reports are that the goblin used a shotgun; which are permissible to own. (at one point shotguns were not considered firearms for the purposes of law – dunno if that’s changed).
He shot 30 people, then got bored and killed himself. Good thing, because it would take an act of parliament to get a bobby out there with a gun. Lovely. How’s that gun ban workin’ for ya’, UK? Don’t take it too hard, all of our mass killings occur in places where the people are disarmed, too.
Twelve dead so far, several more in critical condition.
Evidently Bird argued with a fellow cabbie last night and went active killer. Two of the dead and one of the critically wounded were also cab drivers – and then the randoms began.
Like most “gun free paradises,” the UK is an active killers paradise. The bare handful of legal shotgun owners pay a steep annual fee (45 pounds per annum the last time I talked to a friend) and the guns are subject to 24/7 inspection.
Geoff said every time he stays up to watch the end of a program, the local constable “knocks him up” and inspects his gun and ammunition. With a two bird a year limit – it’s not hard to keep track of ammo.
Also shows the futility of magazine limits, IMHO. I’d be a little surprised if it was magazine-fed, and terribly surprised in that case if it had more than a handful of rounds in the magazine. I’m going to go out on a limb and say there’s no chance in hell of a detachable magazine.
He probably got more people that he would have just hitting them with the car Death-Race-2000-style; but not a lot more (even in a Citroen). Which also demonstrates the futility of banning fetishes…
June 2nd, 2010 at 11:44 am
un-possible
June 2nd, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Well, early reports are that the goblin used a shotgun; which are permissible to own. (at one point shotguns were not considered firearms for the purposes of law – dunno if that’s changed).
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:24 pm
Did they just stand their like deer in the headlights and take it? Of course what else could they do.
June 2nd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
He shot 30 people, then got bored and killed himself. Good thing, because it would take an act of parliament to get a bobby out there with a gun. Lovely. How’s that gun ban workin’ for ya’, UK? Don’t take it too hard, all of our mass killings occur in places where the people are disarmed, too.
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Twelve dead so far, several more in critical condition.
Evidently Bird argued with a fellow cabbie last night and went active killer. Two of the dead and one of the critically wounded were also cab drivers – and then the randoms began.
Like most “gun free paradises,” the UK is an active killers paradise. The bare handful of legal shotgun owners pay a steep annual fee (45 pounds per annum the last time I talked to a friend) and the guns are subject to 24/7 inspection.
Geoff said every time he stays up to watch the end of a program, the local constable “knocks him up” and inspects his gun and ammunition. With a two bird a year limit – it’s not hard to keep track of ammo.
Stranger
June 2nd, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Also shows the futility of magazine limits, IMHO. I’d be a little surprised if it was magazine-fed, and terribly surprised in that case if it had more than a handful of rounds in the magazine. I’m going to go out on a limb and say there’s no chance in hell of a detachable magazine.
He probably got more people that he would have just hitting them with the car Death-Race-2000-style; but not a lot more (even in a Citroen). Which also demonstrates the futility of banning fetishes…