IainWR wrote:
The story also goes that the bit in S28 (1B) Firearms Act 1968 as amended:
...was inserted because Hurd finally figured out that without something like that his late father's pair of Purdeys, value £40k or some such, that he had on ticket, would be going in the smelter.
And that does not surprise me at all, Iain! As we're on about duplicitous MPs ( General Shooting related)
Story goes that with the '97 Amendment, the Rt Hon Alan Clark MP was a member of a Kent shooting club as he lived in Saltwood. Had a fairly plain Jane collection, but of the quality stuff such as Sig P210s. When the conversations were going round the club about buying rifles with the 30 pieces of silver, good old Alan said (paraphrased) "Don't have to worry about that, my friend and neighbour is the Home Secretary, I'll get s5." He left the club after the ban, like so many people did. But guys used to say they'd be walking their dogs past Saltwood Castle where he lived and hear the unmistakeable sound of 9mm....!! Allegedly you had to like him, as he was just a real old fashioned scoundrel who didn't give a chuff about anyone but him.
And don't get me onto Lord Coe or the unfortunate Charles Kennedy....!!