Earlier on I was discussing weapons laws.
In my country, most firearms save for obsolete ones require a licence to own.
Even obsolete ones require a licence if they're being fired.
Air weapons in most of the UK are legal to own without a licence, although mail order of fully assembled guns is restricted.
Since the 2006 VCR act (Violent Crimes Reduction act) you can buy an air gun mail order but it has to be sent to a "registered firearms dealer" and upon purchase it has to be registered. Buying barrels is restricted unless they're barrel blanks (i.e. they have rifling but they have no machined port for introducing air to propel a pellet)
Bow weapons have only 1 restriction, the buyer must be over 18.
A bow weapon capable of piercing bulletproof kevlar body armour, may be owned, without a licence and without registration, so long as the buyer is over 18.
The buyer can have a criminal record as long as your arm, and still buy an armour piercing crossbow.
So far as I can tell, even a crossbow made with a leaf spring from a lorry is perfectly legal to own so long as no crimes are committed with it.
But if the owner, has a criminal record as long as your arm, can they be trusted with it ?
I think there is a lot of room for discussion of weapons, weapons laws and ethics and the possibilities for the reform of weapons laws.
There have been killings committed with crossbows in my country.
Should there be licences for them or maximum power limits to restrict bows to those which cannot pierce kevlar ?
Your thoughts ?
In my country, most firearms save for obsolete ones require a licence to own.
Even obsolete ones require a licence if they're being fired.
Air weapons in most of the UK are legal to own without a licence, although mail order of fully assembled guns is restricted.
Since the 2006 VCR act (Violent Crimes Reduction act) you can buy an air gun mail order but it has to be sent to a "registered firearms dealer" and upon purchase it has to be registered. Buying barrels is restricted unless they're barrel blanks (i.e. they have rifling but they have no machined port for introducing air to propel a pellet)
Bow weapons have only 1 restriction, the buyer must be over 18.
A bow weapon capable of piercing bulletproof kevlar body armour, may be owned, without a licence and without registration, so long as the buyer is over 18.
The buyer can have a criminal record as long as your arm, and still buy an armour piercing crossbow.
So far as I can tell, even a crossbow made with a leaf spring from a lorry is perfectly legal to own so long as no crimes are committed with it.
But if the owner, has a criminal record as long as your arm, can they be trusted with it ?
I think there is a lot of room for discussion of weapons, weapons laws and ethics and the possibilities for the reform of weapons laws.
There have been killings committed with crossbows in my country.
Should there be licences for them or maximum power limits to restrict bows to those which cannot pierce kevlar ?
Your thoughts ?
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