Any UK forumers involved in this?

[Vincent]

So the wife (who turned him in to the police) gets to keep his estate or will the police take it?

[bigduke6]

I was hoping there may have been someone on the forum who may have been involved in the investigation, i.e. An expert witness. There is a lively debate on another forum and basicaly the deceased accused has been found guilty by some folk. I observed the inert ammo and also that the STEN Mk3 is clearly deactivated. What I tried to say to the forum members was that the story was false and had lost credability. I suspect there were live guns and ammo but nothing like the quantity stated and I believe in the Inocent until proven guilty statement.

BP, I had never heard of him or any associates...... I looked up to see what I could find regarding Buckland and his Business, it seems he was involved or produced L1A1 straight pulls....... as for the story, I think it was just the press blowing it out of all proportion. As I said in Patricks post, I remember a big stink regarding a guy who collected grenades, a very impressive collection of No36 Grenades, probably all destroyed........

There is a few articles regarding Buckland, seems he was a Walter Mitty type, MBE, ex SAS etc...... but seems he was in the REME ..... and an Armourer !!! (strange types those REME Armourers )

See link below regarding an article in Gunmart regarding Buckland,


Bucklands Riflescopes review | Scopes and Optics Reviews | Gunmart

[Iditarodjoe2]

You have to feel sorry for the poor guy. All of those wonderful firearms and no chance of ever being able to shoot them . . .

[Patrick Chadwick]

I observed the inert ammo

No, sorry mate, I don't think you did. I apologize if that seems somewhat abrupt, but in cases where the evidence is being twisted, it is a mistake to let yourself be drawn into the twisted definitions of those who appear to have a certain agenda, thus inadvertently accepting their position.

In the photos I have seen*, there is NOT ONE EXAMPLE OF A LIVE ROUND. But plenty of fired cartridge cases, as can be seen by the blackening and riffling in/around the necks, and the firing pin impressions on those few primers that can be seen. A fired case - no live primer, no powder, no projectile, is NOT INERT AMMO, IT IS NOT AMMO AT ALL.

Sorry to shout, but we should be precise about such things, as it seems that impreciseness is being used here by the press (and apparently the police) as a tool to paint a false picture.

*There may, of course, be others that I have not observed.

[Gun Surfer]

"Arnold died of pancreatic cancer, meaning he could never face prosecution" Uh, yeah. I bet they were ****ed when the reaper robbed 'em of the opportunity for a gun collector show trial of the century.

Next time wifey asks how many guns I have, I'm going to show her this. Meanwhile, I now desperately need an Uzi with bayonet.

(Wow, I got edited for a bad word, there's a first.)

[Vincent]

…… Meanwhile, I now desperately need an Uzi with bayonet……

LOL.

I am originally from the UK and I really appreciate being able to legally own machineguns and shoot them here in the US. It’s very refreshing to be allowed this personal responsibility after being denied it.

My brothers still live in the UK. One of them told me he pays £145 a year for a TV license. I told him that’s more than I pay in tax to own a machinegun for the rest of my life.

[WarPig1976]

TV license.

What's that??

[Paul S.]

TV licence --
We used to have them in Oz too. Essentially it is a tax you pay to be allowed to have and use a TV. There used to be one for radios, or as we called them - a wireless, as well.

[villiers]

Germany has introduced a special TV/radio tax on e v e r y household, whether they´ve got one or not. I keep on getting payment demands on an aircraft hangar out in the wilds (unheated and unconnected to drains or water supply), as they consider it a `household´. The charge for registering a firearm (or change of ownership) is exorbitant. But the income to the state is (I suppose) one small reason why they´ve not been banned.

[Gun Surfer]

LOL, I imagine somewhere in the world someone is charging for air to breathe. It runs about $1.50 for my tires now