Problem selling a rif

[1967PF44]

A clause that only a lawyer could love.  It's just begging for some juicy "What Parliament meant to say was..." case law.

Nonsense, the Thompson doesn't shoot 10mm explosive-tip caseless standard light armour-piercing rounds.  

We know for a fact that sitting outside a bank with a bright orange springer - that everybody in the case agrees is a "toy" - can get you prosecuted and convicted.

Think that conviction has been overturned on appeal ??  That happened near me 

 

[Rogerborg]

Think that conviction has been overturned on appeal ??  That happened near me 

Doesn't look like it, but he avoided jail.  Even the Sheriff sounds disbelieving that it reached court, but reach it it did.  Just keep your reasonable excuse to hand.

 

[Cr0-Magnon]

We know for a fact that sitting outside a bank with a bright orange springer - that everybody in the case agrees is a "toy" - can get you prosecuted and convicted.

My takeaway from that article, is that being a child is actually a "defence" for owning a RIF.

 

[Lozart]

My takeaway from that article, is that being a child is actually a "defence" for owning a RIF.

An IF maybe, not a RIF. The comment was made in reference to it being bright orange and obviously made of plastic.

 

[1967PF44]

Doesn't look like it, but he avoided jail.  Even the Sheriff sounds disbelieving that it reached court, but reach it it did.  Just keep your reasonable excuse to hand.

I’m pretty sure the conviction was quashed on appeal- it’s probably an unreported appeal (probably  undefended by the CRown) so no internet trace of it on Scot courts website - I remember the case - it actually met the legal classification of a “Toy”  - it was all very bizzare - I think the important factor in convicting him was his own explanation of the purpose of having it -“ I’ll use it on people who don’t give me money”  - 

 

[Rogerborg]

I’m pretty sure the conviction was quashed on appeal- it’s probably an unreported appeal (probably  undefended by the CRown) so no internet trace of it on Scot courts website

Quite possibly.  While "any thing which has the appearance of being a firearm" is an extremely broad definition, it's hard to see how a half-sized bright orange toy could meet it.

The take-away point is that it can be prosecuted, and the process isn't one that I'd wish on anyone.

 

[1967PF44]

Quite possibly.  While "any thing which has the appearance of being a firearm" is an extremely broad definition, it's hard to see how a half-sized bright orange toy could meet it.

The take-away point is that it can be prosecuted, and the process isn't one that I'd wish on anyone.

Absolutely- anytime I am carrying airsoft guns - I know exactly what I’m telling the police in the very unlikely happens and I’m asked !! 
 
I’ve been stopped 3 times (I happen to pass a regular road check point) on the way home from late evening games with guns in the car- police have never really flinched, always been professional, never been a drama - one occasion the guns were not in bags or cases as I had collected a couple of extras lol