CS: Pol-Expanding bullets & UK police
From: Nick Steadman, [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's no doubt about it - if the Home Office claims to comply with the Hague Accords, but then sanctions JSP ammo for police which is designed to expand (even if in practice it doesn't), then it is in breach. It would be much better advised to state that the Hague accords have no relevance to police equipment and were never meant to. They only apply to warfare. Nick Steadman 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: Pol-Expanding bullets & UK police
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >There's no doubt about it - if the Home Office claims to >comply with the Hague Accords, but then sanctions JSP >ammo for police which is designed to expand (even if in >practice it doesn't), then it is in breach. It would be >much better advised to state that the Hague accords have >no relevance to police equipment and were never meant to. >They only apply to warfare. > >Nick Steadman Steve, & Nick, I have an interesting question - hypothetical as it is: Knowing the particular laws about using certain ammunition types, suppose nation 'A' and nation 'B' go to war -- against each other. Both are signatories to the Geneva convention on war. As country 'A' is overtaken, the police who were issued ammunition that was banned from the theater of war, now are required to take an active role in the defence of their nation, because the clods of country 'B' are engaged in heinous acts against the citizens, the police make no distinction between the criminals and the invaders. Because the police ammunition has caused such a high fatality rate among the invaders, they withdraw and subsequently loose the conflict. Country 'B' sues country 'A' in the world court for violation of the Geneva convention. What is the outcome? ET 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: Pol-Expanding bullets & UK police
From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Because the police ammunition has caused such a >high fatality rate among the invaders, they withdraw and >subsequently loose the conflict. > Country 'B' sues country 'A' in the world court >for violation of the Geneva convention. > What is the outcome? Country B doesn't get to sue, because Country B lost and is occupied by Country A. The latter imposes Martial Law for a while before creating a new constitution, introducing a new currency, then implements a Marshall Plan, and generates an economic miracle and prosperity for all (except the Gastarbeiter Turks, of course). --Jonathan Spencer, firearms examiner "Justice is open to everybody in the same way as the Ritz Hotel." Judge Sturgess, 22 July 1928 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: Pol-Expanding bullets & UK police
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "E.J. Totty", INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have an interesting question - hypothetical as it is: Knowing the particular laws about using certain ammunition types, suppose nation 'A' and nation 'B' go to war -- against each other. Both are signatories to the Geneva convention on war. As country 'A' is overtaken, the police who were issued ammunition that was banned from the theater of war, now are required to take an active role in the defence of their nation, because the clods of country 'B' are engaged in heinous acts against the citizens, the police make no distinction between the criminals and the invaders. Because the police ammunition has caused such a high fatality rate among the invaders, they withdraw and subsequently loose the conflict. Country 'B' sues country 'A' in the world court for violation of the Geneva convention. What is the outcome? _ I, too, am interested to hear the answer to your hypothetical question, ET, but there is another angle that you have not covered and this concerns the role of the police in enemy occupied territory. You will find that they are required to co-operate with the enemy military government and stay at their posts to keep law and order. Enemy soldiers are entitled to the protection of Geneva Convention and cannot be treated as criminals. Alex -- In fact the Nazis gave MP40s and various other weapons to the police of various countries they invaded! Steve. 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
