• UK prison van ambushed by armed gang on busy road in city centre and broad daylight; two prisoners e
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[QUOTE=Jsm;31201721]A firearms offense is (generally) what it says it is when mentioned in the news. Using a firearm to commit a crime. I do not see how gun laws come into this, no matter what the gun laws are people can still commit crime using guns. The article even goes into a bit more detail about the crime they are accused of, possession of a firearm with the intent to endanger life. Please tell me how that is "no fun".[/QUOTE] Correct me if I'm wrong, but simply owning a semi automatic pistol is a "gun crime" over there. Since you can't get the proper licensing, as a citizen, to own a pistol. Therefore making it a crime to own it, and it is a gun, sooo... If simply owning an illegal firearm falls under the definition of "possession of a firearm with the intent to endanger life", which I could see as being likely, then they could have simply had a gun, and not harmed anyone. Though I don't know what, exactly, they were accused of.
And I thought that can only be successful in movies!
[QUOTE=Secrios;35459486]And I thought that can only be successful in movies![/QUOTE] Not that successful, considering the thread was bumped to point out both of them being recaptured.
[QUOTE=Mudbone;31201710][IMG]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/416VJH61J8L._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/IMG] The mission in this game where you have to break the bosses nephew Jake out of a prison van came to mind first.[/QUOTE] FTFY: [video=youtube;YenpKX3azPo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YenpKX3azPo&feature=related[/video] Nostalgia.
Were they using clown masks by any chance?
[QUOTE=MountainWatcher;35460749]Were they using clown masks by any chance?[/QUOTE] and yellow raincoats [video=youtube;Wc8wGpxcEo8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc8wGpxcEo8[/video]
[QUOTE=mugofdoom;35458054]Correct me if I'm wrong, but simply owning a semi automatic pistol is a "gun crime" over there. Since you can't get the proper licensing, as a citizen, to own a pistol. Therefore making it a crime to own it, and it is a gun, sooo... If simply owning an illegal firearm falls under the definition of "possession of a firearm with the intent to endanger life", which I could see as being likely, then they could have simply had a gun, and not harmed anyone. Though I don't know what, exactly, they were accused of.[/QUOTE] Actually, owning a semi-automatic pistol is legal with an FAC (with some exceptions). Secondly, simply owning one without an FAC would not fall under the category of 'possession of a firearm with the intent to endanger life' - since there may be, as you pointed out, no intention to actually harm anyone. In this case, they clearly must have been in a position where they were threatening someone with a gun.
Thought of the chapter 'Kate' from Mirror's Edge.
[QUOTE=smurfy;31193828][img]http://imgkk.com/i/dx0q.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] They look like every British criminal ever.
I don't understand the hostility about UK gun laws. If you can't feel safe, or indeed imagine someone else feeling safe without a deadly weapon on hand, I think the problem is yours. We're not paranoid about guns, we don't care about guns. Yanks are the guys who're paranoid about [I]not[/I] having guns.
The amount of ignorance for UK laws/gun rights on this thread pains me.
Aren't Armoured Car guards taught not to stop for anyone (in some cases, even police), and [I]never[/I] unlock or open the doors until you've reached the destination? [editline]6th April 2012[/editline] The article makes it sound like the criminals just ran up to the car, opened the door, and beat the key off the driver.
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