More from those whacky Brits

[ikor]

Man fined for having too much ammunition...

http://www.cotswoldjournal.co.uk/new...too_much_ammo/

WINCHCOMBE gun enthusiast caught with far more ammunition than he was entitled to keep has been fined £1,000.

Christopher Hance, aged 43, of Back Lane, Winchcombe, was also ordered to pay £440 in costs at Gloucester Crown Court on Monday (26/4) after he admitted 10 charges of possessing the expanding ammunition.
Prosecutor Derek Ryder said Hance, who shot vermin for landowners and also hunted deer, had a firearms certificate and a shotgun licence entitling him to keep guns and ammunition. But when police went to his home on December 2 last year they found a “large amount of ammunition”.

Hance, who was making his own ammunition, told police he had accumulated too much because of “bad housekeeping”.
He admitted being in possession of a 9mm cartridge and of a 12 gauge shotgun slug without having a certificate for them.

He also admitted five charges of possessing expanding ammunition and four of possessing missiles, namely bullet heads, which could be used to make expanding rounds.

He asked for a further seven similar offences to be taken into consideration, Defence barrister Oliver Doherty told the court that Hance was legally in possession of guns and was entitled to keep certain amounts of ammunition but had accumulated too much.
All the ammunition found by police was properly secured and locked away, he added.

Recorder Patrick Clarkson fined Hance £1,000 plus costs of £425 and a witness surcharge of £15 The court heard that Hance no longer has a firearms certificate.

'Missles'.......snort

[camouflage762]

He admitted being in possession of a 9mm cartridge and of a 12 gauge shotgun slug without having a certificate for them.

WMD?

[Craig]

I feel much better know that they apprehended this terrorist and took away his livelihood, he can live of the state now for all I care!

Idiots!

[Thorkind]

WMD?

Absolutely. He must have been plotting a complete overthrow of the ninny nanny state. Call in the UN, SO19, MI5 & 6 & 7 & 8, the SAS, SBS, the queen, Simon Cowell, in fact doesn't the UGhey still have nukes? This violent criminal must be dealt with!

[Bushboy]

So they are not alowed hollowpoints or softs for hunting?

[Bushboy]

Oh and I wonder what led them to search the poor fellow's house.

[wrm]

They'd wet themselves if they saw my stock.

Interesting they're not saying how many rounds. Probably twenty. Oh, and a single 9mm and a single shotgun cartridge. The sky is falling.

But then, our government also makes it a serious offence to have ammo you don't have a gun for.

Can't eat cheese sandwiches, can't buy goldfish, even with paperwork can't have "too much" ammo... what a paradise.

[ikor]

The UK has quite the 'inform on your neighbor' culture these days...strongly encouraged by the government...and given that he has a license, he likely signed away any rights he might have had left to warrantless search when he got it. Oh well...at least they didn't find a KNIFE!!!

[BigT]

Not a Shotgun Slug...................a Shotgun Slug. Won't someone please think of the children!!!!!!!!!!!