Ammunition Issues - Part 1
Larry in Rochester asks
Forgive this question, but are you limited in the amount of ammo you can purchase at any one time in Britain? Seems to me I heard that somewhere
Larry you are correct, we bulldogs are limited (no surprise) by both the amount of ammunition we can hold & the amount we can purchase at any one time. Below is an extract from my firearms certificate...
In the UK, all expanding ammunition, including hollow point bullets, fall under Section 5 (prohibited weapons) of the Firearms Act 1968 & so is illegal to possess or transfer without the written permission of the Home Secretary. But because the law is an ass, Sec. 5 is in direct conflict with 'Schedule 2' of 'The Deer Act 1991', that prohibits the use of any ammunition other than soft-nosed or hollow-point bullets for the killing of deer. Because of this Section 5A(4) of the '68 Act allows the police licensing authority to add a condition to a firearm certificate for possession of expanding ammunition.
The Firearms Act 1968 (as amended) prohibits the possession of expanding ammunition but there are some exceptions to the rule. Section 5A(4) allows a condition to be added to a firearm certificate for possession of expanding ammunition for:
• the lawful shooting of deer
• the shooting of vermin or, in the case of carrying on activities in connection with the management of any estate, other wildlife
• the humane killing of animals
• the shooting of animals for the protection of other animals or humans
Larry, I hope that answers the question & if all of that isn’t bad enough, later on in the week, we’ll have a look at some of the restrictions that they put on Firearms Certificates
Comments
As Charles Darwin and his worshippers constantly remind us, humans are animals. Some humans could be considered vermin.
Posted by: POWinCA | October 12, 2009 3:21 AM
Haha, is that all you are allowed, over here they havent twigged that .223 and 5.56 are 1 and the same, they give me both as seperate amounts!
Posted by: TimC | October 12, 2009 8:28 AM
Mr. FM,
Thanks very much for the information. The part I find most chilling is the maximum amount you are allow ot POSSES. How can they confirm you shot up one lot of 250, rather than just shelve it somewhere? Can the Government inspect (search) Free Market Manor looking for unexpended fodder? What happend to am man's home as his castle? (Not that the left side of the pond can talk, what with all the "No-Knock" SWAT raids and such)
I couldn't say with any real accuracy how much ammo I have on hand for some rifles. I passed on a very nice Schmidt-Rubin the other day, simply because the idea of having to stock ANOTHER caliber (and an obsolete one, at that) was just too much..
Thanks Again,
Larry in Rochester
Posted by: Larry Anderson | October 12, 2009 1:55 PM
Larry, one thing Mr FM didn't mention (apologies Mr FM if you've just not got around to it yet!) is that when we buy any ammunition here it gets written up on the Firearms Certificate. I think the idea is that the dealer should alert the 'proper authorities' if it looks like you're buying too much...
Posted by: Bruce | October 12, 2009 5:37 PM
1,500 rounds of .22 LR? Good grief. Wonder what they'd think of my 25,000+ stash... no doubt, an IRA terrorist.
Of course, I could claim exemption because I'm a Muslim, and any prosecution would be "racist". That might work.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | October 12, 2009 5:50 PM
I just remembered... I have well over 500 rounds of .223, and I don't even have a rifle in that chambering.
Posted by: Kim du Toit | October 12, 2009 5:52 PM
Kim,
Far more likely they would classify you as a Black Panther.. You are after all, and African American! :)
Posted by: Larry Anderson | October 13, 2009 2:14 PM