From: "pendrous", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
By Terry Pendrous,
Interesting article and actually quite
relevent for another reason. A year or so ago, I mentioned this to one of
our local Police Constables, that it would be prudent to do so for their own
preservation. My reasoning being, that suppose they were asked to react to
an ongoing local Burglary or Breaking and Entering!! Wouldn't it be in more
than their own interest to know if the residence in question was covered by
an FAC, for obvious reasons. Anyway, they took this on board and I think
that they do now have such an arrangement.
----- Original Message -----
From: "TwoPints",
To: "CyberShooters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 1:33 PM
Subject: CS: Legal-Certificate renewals
From: "TwoPints",
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I think this applies to this thread.
There is a gentleman who lives near where I work who
has a small area of land upon which he lives. He
shoots vermin with his shotguns on his own land. His
activities appear to be totally law abiding. Due to
noise complaints from his urban neighbours he has had
a couple of visits from the local police. When
challenged, he refuses to produce his shotgun
certificate stating that the licensing authority should
know whether he is licensed or not. He has been
arrested due to his refusal to satisfy police of his
lawful possession and activities.
After a successful claim against his local police for
unlawful arrest/detention etc, (which provided him with
enough money for a lot more ammo) the local police have
been instructed by their ACPO ranking commander not to
arrest him any more. His claim was based on the grounds
that the licensing authority should have set up a
certificate holders database for local officers to
consult, as was stated in the MacPherson report, and
that over-zealous officers swifted him away before
they carried out such checks, (on the non-existent
database.)
Interesting don't you think.
2 pints
"Any law which violates the indefeasible rights of
man is essentially unjust and tyrannical; it is not a
law at all."
Maximilien Robespierre 1793.
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