Sissy Brits
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| LETHAL: The .22 calibre bullet found in Walthamstow High Street on a market day morning (D6W1001) |
LIVE ammunition has been found lying in the doorway of a busy high street shop.
The .22 calibre short round bullet was found at the entrance of the 99p Stores in Walthamstow High Street on Wednesday morning, November 1.
Haroon Khan, who has a firearms licence and is a member of a local gun club, was alarmed to discover live ammunition in a Walthamstow doorway.
The bullet, of Swiss origin, was still in its brass casing, complete with enough gunpowder for it to fire itself.
Mr Khan said that if it had been struck hard enough or exposed to heat it could have gone off.
"This sort of thing should not be lying around. It was live, primed and active," he said. "But rather me pick it up than a little kid.
"How can you feel safe when you are finding things like this on the street?
"To get hold of one of these is not easy. You have to go through a scrutinised search, you need a licence and you have to belong to a club."
Ammunition of this kind would ordinarily be used in a small handgun or pistol, and both can be owned legally under licence.
But to leave strictly controlled goods out in the street would be enough for a firearms licence to be revoked.
The bullet has been examined at a Metropolitan Police laboratory and details about it kept for future reference.
A police spokesman said: "Recovering firearms and ammunition is a priority for the police. We take the same view of ammunition as we do of a gun.
"If it goes bang, it is still lethal."
Police are treating the unattended ammunition as a crime. Mr Khan alerted them at 10.16am, and they arrived at his shop to pick up the bullet at 11.32am.
7:00pm Thursday 9th November 2006
What a bunch of sissies britain has become. They would pee down their leg if they saw the floorboard of my pickup.
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1/25/2008 9:41 AM
FATWHITEMAN.COM wrote:
Woman Charged With Selling Vegetables By the Pound. What a crime! Selling vegetables using pounds and ounces. The heinous bitch! What will she do next? Accept cash?Of course, these are the same people that peed themselves over finding a .22 cartridge on a street.Back in the 18th Century Britain got a little too tyrannical and we kicked them out of America. They may have been bullies then but at least they were not retards. What is wrong with you idiots? Does anyone in Great Britain have an answer? You confiscate guns and crime soars. ... -
1/25/2008 9:41 AM
FATWHITEMAN.COM wrote:
Woman Charged With Selling Vegetables By the Pound. What a crime! Selling vegetables using pounds and ounces. The heinous bitch! What will she do next? Accept cash?Of course, these are the same people that peed themselves over finding a .22 cartridge on a street.Back in the 18th Century Britain got a little too tyrannical and we kicked them out of America. They may have been bullies then but at least they were not retards. What is wrong with you idiots? Does anyone in Great Britain have an answer? You confiscate guns and crime soars. ...
The floorboard of my pick-up is covered with guns as well. Ok, they're nail guns...but guns, nonetheless!
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But nail guns still "go bang", so they're a lethal weapon by Brit standards!
"If it goes bang, it is still lethal."
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He's not lying either. There are actually bullets all over the floor board. You have to scoot them out of the way just to get in.
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JT never complains though, just scoots bullets out of the way and looks for a spit cup.
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I didn't want to get your floor all dirty...
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I took more ammo than that out of one of my fifth grader's book bags when I was teaching down South. Ummm.. I think he got suspended for a day or two. Guess he'd have been gassed in the UK. Oh wait.. they dont' do that either
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"...complete with enough gunpowder for it to fire itself."
Does anybody else see the stupidity inherent in that quote?
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I'm still trying to figure out "it was live, primed and active"!
WTF? Was it dancing around? And it could fire itself!
When did the brits become so stupid? They never used to be.
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It's part of the NAFTA thing - they've begun importing Mexican jumping beans and using them in ammo.
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I think it was when they let George Lazenby be Bond. I think that was the lynch-pin that started the chain of events that have led to British stupidity.
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