Police look out for gun runner

[cottage cheese]

This is simply NOT TRUE!
Cheers!
Abhijeet

Absolutely.... why, if I have it right they are encouraged in UK.

[Olly]

I agree with Abhijeet and Cottage Cheese.

In UK, their sale is perfectly legal....

So much so, even for the Air Force Condor airgun which goes by the name Storm in the UK. Here is the website for details : http://www.gunpower.org.uk/

[goodboy_mentor]

Absolutely.... why, if I have it right they are encouraged in UK.

Silencers of all types help by protecting the hearing of the user as well the people around. As far as question of misuse is concerned the list of common and domestic objects/chemicals etc. is endless. We are already living with and surrounded by "dangerous" objects and chemicals. For example:
1) Kitchen knife or shaving razor.
2) Cooking gas. It is a high explosive. It's blast is similar to that of "fuel air explosive" and can kill hundreds of people and level the buildings around. Cooking gas has been successfully used by criminals as booby traps etc.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-76790481.html
Fuel Air Explosives(kind of high explosives that can level buildings etc.) are made of very common chemicals:

Cotton, plastics and foodstuffs such as sugar, flour and cocoa can also, under the right conditions, act as explosives. In order for a dust explosion to take place, the dust particles must be of a certain size and the amount of finely granulated material per unit of volume must lie within certain critical values. There is generally a direct correlation between particle size and explosive hazard.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/dumb/fae.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermobaric_weapon
3) Flamethrowers can be made from commonly available objects and chemicals.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamethrower
4) Household batteries provide electricity to detonate plastic explosives like RDX etc.
5) Automobiles have been used as car bombs etc.
The list can carry on. The main point is if someone is well determined and bent on creating trouble, plenty of material is available, he can do it regardless of any silly law which is more concerned with violating the freedoms of law abiding citizens and helps the government officials get excuse to officially harass the ordinary citizens. It is not the material that causes trouble, it is the criminal mind that causes trouble. Hence the laws need to concentrate on tackling the criminals and not on tackling the lifeless material, which by itself is not committing any crime.

[gunrunner]

Hi Ahijeet,Cottage Cheese,
what i meant was fire arm(hand guns) silencers not airgun silencer.
Have edited the post.
Regards
Gunrunner

[cottage cheese]

Hi Ahijeet,Cottage Cheese,
what i meant was fire arm(hand guns) silencers not airgun silencer.
Have edited the post.
Regards
Gunrunner

Actually we meant firearm moderators.... in UK (Just one country for instance) moderators are commonly available and encouraged for .22LR and proper Center fire rifles of all sizes. Health(hearing), and civic (noise) considerations are among the reasons for such.

As regards, handgun moderators(or silencers as some say) there is no practical application for such...thus they are not as common place.

regards,
cc

[jonahpach]

BTW, dont you guys think that gunrunner should change his id?? Knowing the way our cops and intelligence services think, they just might do a google search and endup with a 'gunrunner' on IFG..

Jonah

[gunrunner]

Hi Jonah Pach,
i am really worried


you should also be worried,now i wont send your stuff
Regards

[cottage cheese]

[gunrunner]

Hi Jonah Pach,
Giving you the benefit of doubt,
Have sent your stuff.
Enjoy,
Regards