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Old 11-08-2008, 04:00 PM
 
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Are full-auto AK's in England really that common among criminals? I'm sure there are some criminals that have them but is it really a problem? I've heard that on some parts of the island so many of them were buried on farms that most of them have been forgotten about.
I really don't know to much about it, just curios.

 
Old 11-08-2008, 05:46 PM
 
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I'm not aware of that! However some cities have had problems with criminals getting hold of deactivated guns that are reactivated. Legal guns are strictly controlled in the UK with only a very small percentage of the population having a gun. These are gun club members.
From what I read most of the guns criminals get hold of are hand guns.
 
Old 11-08-2008, 07:29 PM
 
Location: Strathclyde & Málaga
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Im a gun owner and never heard of that in England... i mean errr the "island"
 
Old 11-09-2008, 03:06 AM
 
Location: t' grim north
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Well, I wasn't aware of it but a bit of a poke around the web turned up this story

BBC NEWS | UK | Who supplies the guns on our streets?

It's a year old but it does seem to confirm what you are saying.
 
Old 11-09-2008, 06:57 AM
 
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From what I hear, to get an AK 47 here in the UK you have to go to Solihull in London. If you can find any Indian Mafia guys there, you can have one.
 
Old 11-09-2008, 09:20 AM
 
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Im a gun owner and never heard of that in England... i mean errr the "island"
Ok, I should have said England instead of the island.
 
Old 11-09-2008, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Strathclyde & Málaga
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Ok, I should have said England instead of the island.
Its just funny as i've never heard anyone call Scotland and England an Island

America is a "big" island
 
Old 11-09-2008, 09:51 AM
 
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Its just funny as i've never heard anyone call Scotland and England an Island

America is a "big" island
America is actually two continents: South America and North America, just so you know.
 
Old 11-10-2008, 05:26 AM
 
Location: Strathclyde & Málaga
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America is actually two continents: South America and North America, just so you know.
Yah, so is Africa. I was speaking more about the US and Canada are like a big island if you wanna look at it that way.

(I already knew that anyway, I did study higher geography )
 
Old 11-10-2008, 09:22 PM
 
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Oh. Okay.
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