How could this possibly happen?

[coyote_jr]

I don't get this one?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/li...rticle_id=404415&in_page_id=1770&in_a_source=

"The schoolboy was shot twice in the chest and once in the stomach with a semi-automatic pistol as he rode his bike in Moss Side, Manchester."

Isn't there a ban on those in England?

 

[SigfanUSAF]

Yes, they are banned, but I don't think the guns in the North Hollywood shootout were registered pre 86 firearms @ 10-12 thousand dollars a piece either. Its usually the illegal firearms that get our legal ones taken away.

 

[armoredman]

Couldn't possibly happen in violence free Airstrip One. What will they do now? They already banned everything, down to sharp kitchen knives, what's next? Recreate the island in Nerf?

 

[SigfanUSAF]

I heard they're thinking of seizing all knives and forks, then issueing "sporks" to the general population!

 

[pharmer]

Rumor was the G-3 used in the N. Hollywood incident came from the Mexican Army, issue weapon. Never proved or disproved. Suppose there can't be a definitive answer, wanting to preserve good relations with our southern neighbor and all. Joe