"Tim Lamb" wrote in message
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In message , "dennis@home"
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Hopefully somewhere he can't get an illegal firearm.
There are enough criminals with illegal firearms without letting a con
have one.

ISTR one of the resons he was convicted was that he used a shotgun
without a licence.

It was worse than that.. he used a weapon that you can't get a license
for.
And he obtained it with the intention to kill.

Without wishing to condone shooting an escaping burglar....

Unless the police firearms dept. had reason to withhold a licence, no
farmer owning or controlling land would have problems obtaining a
conventional shotgun and ammunition.

See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ma...inal_incidents


Adam