On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 13:47:12 -0500, G. Morgan wrote:
> Aardvark wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 23 Jun 2012 11:05:42 -0500, G. Morgan wrote:
>>
>>> Aardvark wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:41:24 +0000, Dustin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Wouldn't want them arrested if they fired on someone...
>>>>
>>>>LOL. You fire on someone over here, Dustin, and you get arrested. No
>>>>matter what the circumstances.
>>>>
>>>>You also stand a good chance of serving time, whatever the
>>>>circumstances.
>>>
>>> So those with the proper gun permits are not allowed to use them in
>>> self-defense at home?
>>
>>Nope. The only part of the UK in which a FAC can be issued for the
>>explicit purpose of self-defence is Northern Ireland. Understandably.
>
> I get that, but if a sportsman had one and got "jacked up" at home why
> wouldn't he use it if his life was in danger? Has there been case law
> that put an honest man behind bars for using a firearm in self-defense?
Conditions of a FAC stipulate that firearms must be kept in a strong
locker bolted to a wall or floor or both, unloaded and with the
ammunition separate at all times. The police will inspect this locker
before they finally grant the FAC, and even after that they'll do spot
checks without notice.
If a FAC holder has time to go and unlock his gun locker, load his gun
and shoot someone, by law the act cannot have been anything but
premeditated, mate. Confiscation of firearms for ever, withdrawal of FAC
with zero chance of ever getting it back, and a prison sentence is what
awaits anyone who does something like that.
In short, over here if you shoot someone, you're in deep, deep shit.
And rightly so, IMO.