CS: Misc-Proof House London
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Cybershooters, I spend a lot of time in Whitechapel in London and often pass the old proof house on Commercial Road. It's a great looking building and seems to be in current use as it is in great condition and has a camera over the door. Does anyone know anything about this place? Is it still in use? Can you go in and have a look around (I know that the proof house in Birmingham is open to the public). Thanks James -- The Birmingham Proof House is not open to the public. You can have a guided tour by appointment. Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
CS: Target-38 Special
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I seem to recall that a person was indirectly killed by one of these a few years ago. Apparently he was involved in body guard training using (he thought) wax bullets powered by primers only. Unfortunately a live round was mixed up with the practice rounds and he was shot and killed by it. A lesson to us all... James -- Was that the one at Delta Training? I don't think that was a Geco round. I have some in 9mm. It is accurate out to about 15m. I'd be surprised if you could kill someone with it. Steve. Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Learn More. Surf Less. Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Topics You Choose. http://www.topica.com/partner/tag01
CS: Pol-letter to MP
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Letter sent to my MP - for your info. Dear Mr Pollard, Proposed New Controls On Ownership Of Shotguns I have read with some alarm that the Government is proposing to impose additional controls on the ownership of shotguns and firearms which will include: Limitations on use of firearms by young people Strengthening controls on ownership of shotguns Further limiting the sale of airguns These proposals are based on recommendations made by the Home Affairs Select Committee after their recent investigation of this matter. I followed this investigation very closely and must tell you that I was quite astonished by the findings. Over the course of several weeks the committee heard evidence from many knowledgeable people to the effect that existing controls are oppressive, over-complicated and inconsistently enforced. I therefore cannot understand why the Committee reccommended adding yet another layer of pointless restrictions to the ones in place already. I can only conclude that the Committee must have ignored the evidence before it and acted out of prejudice against gun ownership rather than any real need. Sir, the new controls proposed by the Home Office will make for extremely bad law; they appear to ignore common sense and experience in favour of simple dogma, ie: guns are bad, therefore we must ban guns. We are told that further controls will protect the public from harm but the suggestion that more restrictions on legal ownership will reduce criminal use is frankly nonsensical; it is akin to saying: My dog has bitten a child Therefore I will kick my cat If my dog continues to bite children I will go on kicking my cat until the dog stops I would ask that you consider the proposals very carefully, and act only when a clear need for action is shown and a real benefit is likely. This government's continued attack on shooting and hunting in defiance of reason and decency suggests an obsessive hatred of the practitioners rather than any real harm done. It could be suggested that such people are not New Labour supporters in any case and can therefore be persecuted with impunity, particularly if it will win popularity with a largely urban electorate. This mindset is highly dangerous; to attack a minority simply because you can get away with it is the act of a tyrant, not a civilised and tolerant democratic regime. I would be very interested to hear your views on this important subject. Yours sincerely, James Walton Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
CS: Misc-Unit 731 - Mukden biowar
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the excellent book "A Higher Form Of Killing" by Jeremy Paxman (yes, THAT Jeremy Paxman) and Robert Harris (yes, Robert "Fatherland" Harris) is an excellent account of Japanese biowarfare experiments in China in the 1930's and 1940's. One of the weapons descibed is a shell intended to deliver gangrene germs. In a test detonation, all 10 prisoners hit by splinters later died of the disease. My question is: how come bacteria can survive the stresses of an explosiona and remain dangerous when most are delicate enough to be killed off by mild heat or chemical action? Yours, James PS: The same book also has an account of the germ warfare experiments at Porton Down in WWII, which included the production of 5m cattle cakes filled with anthrax for dropping over German farms. The Porton Down unit is claimed to have produced several "special" grenades for the Czech resistance, one of which was used in the attack on Heydrich's car. Although Heydrich was only slightly hurt by a metal splinter he later sickened and died from symptoms suspiciously similar to botulism poisoning... Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
