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Two points spring to mind
First if this chap is good enough to be part of 22SAS and on top of that sniper trained how come its OK for him to carry a gun anywhere in the UK whilst on duty, but the minute he is off duty he is suddenly deemed unfit to be able to own a gun.
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If we had to pick a section of society that would be deemed the absolute most suitable people to be armed we automatically accept SAS / SBS/ SFSG rght across the world as being the absolute best of the best. BUT if you wanted a few even better than that the apaex of the armed warrior you would pick an SAS trained Sniper, theres no one better on the planet. So who else should be armed??
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If the Police are so interested in removing illegal guns off the street they can try hitting a few of the local criminals. It's not hard they are rented out from pubs to idiots who want to kill or intimidate.
Just another easy bust that they don't have to get their hands dirty on.
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(29 November 2012, 20:28)NorthernRaider Wrote: Two points spring to mind
First if this chap is good enough to be part of 22SAS and on top of that sniper trained how come its OK for him to carry a gun anywhere in the UK whilst on duty, but the minute he is off duty he is suddenly deemed unfit to be able to own a gun.
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If we had to pick a section of society that would be deemed the absolute most suitable people to be armed we automatically accept SAS / SBS/ SFSG rght across the world as being the absolute best of the best. BUT if you wanted a few even better than that the apaex of the armed warrior you would pick an SAS trained Sniper, theres no one better on the planet. So who else should be armed??
Completely agree with you
A major part of survival is invisibility.
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(29 November 2012, 20:28)NorthernRaider Wrote: Two points spring to mind
First if this chap is good enough to be part of 22SAS and on top of that sniper trained how come its OK for him to carry a gun anywhere in the UK whilst on duty, but the minute he is off duty he is suddenly deemed unfit to be able to own a gun.
Second
If we had to pick a section of society that would be deemed the absolute most suitable people to be armed we automatically accept SAS / SBS/ SFSG rght across the world as being the absolute best of the best. BUT if you wanted a few even better than that the apaex of the armed warrior you would pick an SAS trained Sniper, theres no one better on the planet. So who else should be armed??
yeah would of fort he had a FAC anyway
just read alas Babylon ,so im going to get more salt!!!!
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He should live in Ulster where gun laws are still sane.
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He should not have been bullied into pleading guilty, however, even if he thought he knew what should have been in the box, he should have checked. Had it been a listening device and we - or some one who could have used it to their advantage - had heard him spilling his guts to his Mrs he may have just died of something simple next deployment or training exercise.
What I am saying is that it is understandable that he did not know, but in the position he was in inexcusable he did not know. Does not remove the idiocy of who his advocate was - he should have been taken off operations and moved into a training role full time. Not sent to jail and defo not had his ID splashed across the press.
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dont the ex sas have fire arms anyway because they my of pissed off some very nasty people doing what they do
just read alas Babylon ,so im going to get more salt!!!!
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