[BBC] Vickers MG bought for £1k now worth nothing due to EU deactivation laws
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These are not rare guns. They have history but it is utterly sentimental. Enough weapons are in museums and private collections.
You didn't answer the straightforward question he asked you: Why should any of them not be functional?
If he had answered my question first and you had read that, I probably would answer properly.
Which are now being targeted for deactivation and at some point probably destruction.
just think of all the rare guns that have been returned to the police through buy-backs and voluntary surrenders...
and just destroyed, immediately
oh, so they used the "breaking the law" legal loophole, I see
we'd better double down on legislation to stop this from happening again
The Paris attack was done with Kalashnikov rifles. Obviously, a step must be taken to prevent this ever happening again!
DESTROY THE WATER COOLED MGs!
The added bonus is you’re not defacing and destroying rare 100+ year old relics of war from the inside like a god damned philistine over dumb fear mongering and concern trolling. It’s not like these kind of items are freely flowing in circulation like the literally millions of Mosin Nagants being absolutely everywhere for around $250 to $400 on the market. Even then, when was the last time you’ve seen a Mosin Nagant being used to murder someone aside from the occasional insurgent in some Middle Eastern hellscape?
Even if we assume your evaluation on the numbers of functional Vickers machine guns are accurate, thousands is still considered to be rare in the world of firearms and as already stated, most of these machine guns are not in circulation due to being in either museums or private/exclusive collections on top of being extremely cost prohibitive.
The added bonus is that old machines are far more interesting and educational when they function.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfRnQ7duJnA
It's far better to see this operating and doing work than cut out of the ship's hull and languishing on static display somewhere. The same goes for a vintage Vickers machine gun in a controlled range environment where people can experience it as it was.
Plus, it would be awkward, at best, to use a Vickers for crime. Are you going to bolt it to a fucking furniture dolly and wheel the big bastard into the gas station you want to rob?
Imagine being part of an OCG in a getaway van firing off one of these things.
Bit of a sensationalist headline
Mr Needham said: "I love her because there's history there - I'm not caring about the money at all."
He doesn't value the gun any less, nor do I doubt anyone else does. Monetarily it might have to be brought up to modern standards but nobody cares.
This is what this entire thread has been about.
It is sensationalist when this shouldn't be happening in the first place
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