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Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:09 pm
by FredB
My understanding was that blanks of up to 1" diameter were exempt from firearms legislation.
Fred
Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:10 am
by Gaz
Lyden-Brown goes for sentencing today. He told me the jury cleared him of illegally possessing the antique shotgun.
He is expecting a 5 year stretch for unlawful possession of a short firearm contrary to section 5(1)aba. There were a lot of other charges against him that he didn't post on here. I tipped off his local paper and they should be publishing a report on the trial and the verdicts.
Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:21 am
by zanes
A case of "more to the story than was posted by the OP", then?
Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 11:26 am
by Gaz
Oh, very much so. I don't have confirmed details of what he actually did/didn't plead guilty to, but the charge sheet was a side and a half of A4. For now let's just say he had a stash of things that he really should not have had without a certificate.
Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 12:35 pm
by DOGGER2UK
Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 1:18 pm
by Countryman
Really appreciate the update Gaz.
Shame we didn't have the whole story!
Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:21 pm
by martin2sheds
Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 4:27 pm
by Countryman
Oh dear!
Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:53 pm
by Demonic69
Funny how one of their own only gets 3 years...
Re: Police confiscated my 150 year old muzzle loader.
Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:27 pm
by Countryman
I thought it was a mandatory 5 years?