CS: Pol-Secret plan to spy on all British phone calls

2000-12-03 Thread RustyBullethole
From: RustyBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Secret plan to spy on all British phone calls Kamal Ahmed, political editor Sunday December 3, 2000 The Observer Britain's intelligence services are seeking powers to seize all records of telephone calls, emails and internet connections made by every

CS: Pol-Police take up arms

2000-12-03 Thread RustyBullethole
From: RustyBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Police take up arms in war of the streets The number of British officers wearing guns has been stealthily increasing, reveals Nick Paton Walsh Nick Paton Walsh Sunday December 3, 2000 The Observer On a quiet afternoon last month, Bournemouth police

CS: Legal-Mercy for boy who cut bullies

2000-12-03 Thread RustyBullethole
From: RustyBullethole, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Daily Mail 1.12.00 Mercy for boy who cut bullies A COURT yesterday showed mercy to a schoolboy who used his penknife to attack playground bullies who had terrorised him for two years. The 15-year-old lashed out after being kicked and punched and surro

CS: Misc-When Police Shoot

2000-12-03 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Police Magazine November 2000 source:http://www.polfed.org/main_frame.htm By the very nature of their profession, police may at times be confronted with a potentially lethal threat. In most of these instances, police personnel will have no other option but to

CS: Misc-Policeman dies after gun goes off accidentally

2000-12-03 Thread Pete
From: Pete, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SNIP>> How can a gun go off when its being cleaned? And if it does, how on earth can it be accidental? Negligent, yes. Accidental, no. ISTR the chairman of a local clay pigeon club getting his face in the local rag several years ago for the accidental discharge o

CS: Misc-Reference in the Latest Commentaries

2000-12-03 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I had not thoroughly read the last set of Commentaries before I distributed them and I have since found the reference to African-Americans. It is a reference that I do not understand and I have asked Jeff's secretary to explain it to me. I suspect it has an ironic c

CS: Legal-Knives

2000-12-03 Thread Pete
From: Pete, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SNIP: "An ordinary pocket knife has been whittled down over the years to basically a penknife, not a lock knife." According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary a penknife is "A small folding knife, especially for carrying in the pocket." So, providing the lock kn

CS: Pol-Illegal for Children to Play with Toy Guns

2000-12-03 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >The beginning of this story is bad enough - but read it to the end to find >out just how ludicrous these anti-gunners can be. Mike P Steve, & Mike, And, this was my input: Dear Editor, Re.: http://www.post-trib.com/new

CS: Pol-Stop or I'll chant!

2000-12-03 Thread Nik
From: "Nik", [EMAIL PROTECTED] > But pit bulls are illegal here, remember. So are handguns for the majority of the population - doesn't seem to worry the lawbreakers! Nik Jones -- Actually it would be interesting to see what effect the Dangerous Dogs Act had on reducing serious dog attacks.

CS: Field-English Heritage, the Forestry Commission and shooting

2000-12-03 Thread Pete
From: Pete Ansbro, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just been chatting to a gamekeeper responsible for a private shoot in Forestry Commission woodland. They've just been handed a new lease, operative the end of this season - even though that's not when the existing lease is due to expire, basically screwing s

CS: Pol-Stop or I'll chant!

2000-12-03 Thread Richard
From: Richard Markham, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Why is it that so many people are blinded by a venomous hatred of the >> police, to the extent that everything else, common sense included, is >> blotted out? >> I am sure someone can answer this one. >> >> IG >> Because the only time Joe public se

CS: Misc-Ejection patterns

2000-12-03 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >I think that the "technique" is used because it does not present an >outline of a pistol and is thus less likely to attract attention from a >distance. It might have been inspired by a technique that used to be >employed with early flintlock pistols, whi

CS: Pol-Home Office looking for way to ban .50 rifles

2000-12-03 Thread Alex Hamilton
From: "Alex Hamilton", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Given the assumption that the terrorists will always use available weapons, if one type or class of weapons is made especially difficult to obtain, they will switch to the next easiest category and thus give ACPO and the government an excuse for another

CS: Misc-pretty dumb 2

2000-12-03 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Two Men Shoot First, Figure It Out Later > > >WINNIPEG (Reuters) - Two 20-year-old men in rural western >Canada could be banned from handling firearms after what police >on Friday called a bizarre experiment. Steve, Yet another case of wh

CS: Misc-JEFF COOPER'S COMMENTARIES Vol. 8, No. 13

2000-12-03 Thread KiPng
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JEFF COOPER'S COMMENTARIES Previously Gunsite Gossip BLACK NOVEMBER Well, we will not have to sit through this sort of thing again! Socrates told us that most people have a slave mentality. He did not say the portion was exactly 50/50, however. It does appear

CS: Legal-Airgun power limits

2000-12-03 Thread jim.craig
From: "jim.craig", [EMAIL PROTECTED] The standard test of 'lethality' is a separate and additional recommendation to that of the standard method of determining power levels in aiguns by the use of a standard projectile for the chronograph test The latter is something that airgunners have been

CS: Misc-Driving on the PROPER side...

2000-12-03 Thread E.J. Totty
From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >If my information is right the first 'real' aircraft carrier was HMS >Furious (15th Aug 1916) a converted cruiser. According to a photo I have the >'island' was forward and in the center. You took off over the bows and >landed over the stern. The other

CS: Legal-Knives

2000-12-03 Thread Brian Toller
From: "Brian Toller", [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Oh dear, now you've asked for it. The law is that you >can't carry anything other than an ordinary pocket knife >with a blade length of maximum 3 inches without lawful >authority or reasonable excuse. An ordinary pocket >knife has been wittled down ove