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In article <1993Mar23.191316.15410@clsi.COM> kevin@clsi.com writes:
>> 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
>                                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^

Did you read Peter Theune's mail?  He included the UK gun laws, which are
archived (with those of several other countries) at ftp.vmars.tuwien.ac.at,
directory pub/misc/gunlaw.  

>Restricted is not the same as banned. If you have a legitimate reason you can
>get most guns.

According to that archive, semi-auto rifles other than .22 rimfire are now
forbidden, had to be turned over to the police for destruction.  I wonder
how many people over there had the guts to thumb their nose at such idiocy.

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

What's wrong with shooting tin cans, as long as you have a safe backstop
and don't do it where the noise will bother people?

Also, what about a trespasser who's coming at you with a crowbar?

    don