Hillybilly Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Ex-soldier-faces-jail-handing-gun/article-1509082-detail/article.html this is absolutely and utterly insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Truly sad when common sense doesn't apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Walrus Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Sad when good sense dont apply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I hate this kind of stupidity. Not quite the same, but similar is a local story from my area recently. A high school student was reported to the principle as having a knife in his possesion. The kid is an Eagle Scout and when asked by the administrator he told them he didn't have a knife on him, but had one in his car. It was a pocket knife handed down through his family and he was going to take it on an upcoming camping trip. So...he was of course expelled for possesing a weapon on school grounds :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillybilly Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 i hear ya saturn, the world is going nuts. i am surprised that the pro-gun control people havent come out to defend this legal action. afterall, this IS what happens when you let the government "know" what is best for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wally Walrus Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Rules are meant to be understood. When I hear/read something like this it gives me the clear impression of some brainles a** who didn't quite understand the rules and why they exist. Some times you gotta be more flexible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 The guy should have known better. Sounds like the law is pretty straight forward. Sawed off shotgun. Can't possess it. The guy's ex military. Cummon bud. Is it o.k. for me to find a pound of weed on the side of the road, and then take it to the police station? Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 The guy should have known better. Sounds like the law is pretty straight forward. Sawed off shotgun. Can't possess it. The guy's ex military. Cummon bud. Is it o.k. for me to find a pound of weed on the side of the road' date=' and then take it to the police station? Nope.[/quote'] COMMON SENSE! Cummon bud. This makes about as much sense as charging someone with pedophilia when they take a pic of their baby while in a bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 outrageous. punsihed for doing the right thing. What has the world come to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxboron Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 its like charings the police when they shoot someone.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Wait, this is NOT in the US, correct? That makes more sense. Before people go getting their panties in a knot, those of us in the States have to remember that the rest of the world has had a very different history with firearms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Since the story says he found a black bag with a barrel coming out of it... he wouldn't have known it was a gun until he "possessed" it, already breaking this ill-conceived law. Unless he was a mind reader, he couldn't help break the law....unless..... EVERYONE in that community calls the police to come identify every single piece of trash on their properties!! Kill two birds, (sorry... bad analogy), gives these lemming-police something to do...and cleans up the neighborhood!! Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 The guy should have known better. Sounds like the law is pretty straight forward. Sawed off shotgun. Can't possess it. The guy's ex military. Cummon bud. Is it o.k. for me to find a pound of weed on the side of the road' date=' and then take it to the police station? Nope.[/quote'] weird statement an yes it should be fine for you to find a pound of weed by the road and take it to the police.- what would you do ignore it and let some kid find it? now if you caught driving around smoking it while you are in route thats different but come on think it through. I spent several years doing police work and I had people bring in all kinds of illegal drugs and weapons they had found in rental homes and on the street etc. we usually shook there hands and thanked them possession is with intent to use not finding it and taking it to the police. What should the guy have done thrown the sawed off shotgun back over the fence??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilliangirl Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Something in that story doesn't jive. I think we're not hearing the WHOLE story. First off, the guy found the gun and rather than just call the cops directly, he picked it up (damaging potential evidence if it was used in a crime) and took it home. THEN he sat with it overnight, and who knows what he could have done with it in between those hours. THEN, the next day, he decided to wander in with it. Common sense to me would have dictated that he finds a gun, stands over it while calling the cops, and identifies the location of it. The cops come and pick it up. He shouldn't have handled it, he shouldn't have taken it home, he should have just informed and let them handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillybilly Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 Something in that story doesn't jive. I think we're not hearing the WHOLE story. First off' date=' the guy found the gun and rather than just call the cops directly, he picked it up (damaging potential evidence if it was used in a crime) and took it home. THEN he sat with it overnight, and who knows what he could have done with it in between those hours. THEN, the next day, he decided to wander in with it. Common sense to me would have dictated that he finds a gun, stands over it while calling the cops, and identifies the location of it. The cops come and pick it up. He shouldn't have handled it, he shouldn't have taken it home, he should have just informed and let them handle it.[/quote'] regardless, the final quote in that article says it all. and that is downright frightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I found this thread about it too where people are discussing it, it seems to be making quite a stir through out the internet. I haven't seen it on the new yet though:-k http://www.arrse.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/p=2999901.html I agree Karen that something isn't quite right about this... Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izzy Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Something in that story doesn't jive. I think we're not hearing the WHOLE story. First off' date=' the guy found the gun and rather than just call the cops directly, he picked it up (damaging potential evidence if it was used in a crime) and took it home. THEN he sat with it overnight, and who knows what he could have done with it in between those hours. THEN, the next day, he decided to wander in with it. Common sense to me would have dictated that he finds a gun, stands over it while calling the cops, and identifies the location of it. The cops come and pick it up. He shouldn't have handled it, he shouldn't have taken it home, he should have just informed and let them handle it.[/quote'] +1 read my mind sister. All I was thinking soon as I heard he touched it was NOOOOO get CSI on it >.< ...and as for having to take a peek in a bag, I've seen suspicious heavy bags by my house. I live in a roungh area. If I am compelled to examine a discarted suspicious bag, which generaly I say "**** it, let someone else do it", I get a branch and poke a bit and **** no I ain't touching **** with MY bare hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bscott Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Yes - perhaps picking it up was not the best idea he has ever had but really. And police and government wonder why the firearms community has such a deep sense of mistrust!! Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruznolfart Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 It appears the government needs a nanny-net. Y'know, kinda a hot-line sorta thing run by the Ministry of what-should-I-do-now. They can put phone boxes on every corner so their subjects can call for instructions every other block or so. Another couple hundred years and everyone should be toeing the line automatically, never having a thought of their own. It'll be perfect! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 I bet that law would get changed if enough people would call the police to come examine every single piece of garbage anyone could find. Hell they wouldn't even have time for donuts if that happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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