Any .50 cal shooters in UK ?

[Gil Boyd]

Lawful Excuse or Reasonable Excuse is the exact terminology, a Police Officer would apply to finding such liquids/knives/weapons in your possession.

Clearly, the way they were being carried or concealed would also have a major impact as to your being arrested, cautioned or indeed reported for summons.................
ie Travelling to an approved club range or authorised land, with weapons and ammunition duly covered, with a Firearms certificate or copy to hand, would be deemed as a Lawful Excuse.

[Flying10uk]

It would be most helpful when people are caught deliberately "misbehaving" with knives and other offensive weapons that sensible sentences are handed out by the courts.

[mrclark303]

I have to say one of the things that particularly grinds my gears as a shooter regarding this proposal is having our sport mixed in with the utter scum, who carry out acid and knife attacks.

It really shows the distain the Government hold us in.

When you read the report, I get the distinct impression that the HO consultation is trying to imply they have suddenly "discovered" to their horror that people are allowed these dangerous firearms.

In the case of the MARS, the design was worked on with very close consultation with the HO and subsequently fully approved .... by the very people now seeking to ban it!

Meanwhile, really dangerous illegal firearms come into the UK via cross channel ferry and container ship.

Still as long as Civil Servants "look like" their doing something, that's all just fine...