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In article <donbC4AyJE.5s7@netcom.com>, donb@netcom.com (Don Baldwin) writes:
> In article <1993Mar22.144325.7045@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
> >> >> Actually, the UK does ban certain guns.
> >> >
> >> >Which ? - and are they controlled in the US ?
> >> 
> >> They ban all semi-auto firearms, only a few of which are regulated in the
> >> US.
> >
> >Wrong - I remember using a 22 semi-auto target gun in Edinburgh once.
> >
> >The Hungerford shooting a few years ago was carried out with a legally owned 
> >AK47.  (Legislation to restrict semi-autos more has not been enacted yet).
> 
> Oh yes it has.  My sources?  An English friend of mine at work and this
> month's American Rifleman (NRA monthly) magazine.  They have been restricted
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Restricted is not the same as banned. If you have a legitimate reason you can
get most guns.

A desire to shoot tin cans or possible trespassers is not a legitimate reason.

Kev.
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