Of Arms and the Law

Navigation
About Me
Contact Me
Archives
XML Feed
Home


Law Review Articles
Firearm Owner's Protection Act
Armed Citizens, Citizen Armies
2nd Amendment & Historiography
The Lecture Notes of St. George Tucker
Original Popular Understanding of the 14th Amendment
Originalism and its Tools


2nd Amendment Discussions

1982 Senate Judiciary Comm. Report
2004 Dept of Justice Report
US v. Emerson (5th Cir. 2001)

Click here to join the NRA (or renew your membership) online! Special discount: annual membership $25 (reg. $35) for a great magazine and benefits.

Recommended Websites
Ammo.com, deals on ammunition
Scopesfield: rifle scope guide
Ohioans for Concealed Carry
Clean Up ATF (heartburn for headquarters)
Concealed Carry Today
Knives Infinity, blades of all types
Buckeye Firearms Association
NFA Owners' Association
Leatherman Multi-tools And Knives
The Nuge Board
Dave Kopel
Steve Halbrook
Gunblog community
Dave Hardy
Bardwell's NFA Page
2nd Amendment Documentary
Clayton Cramer
Constitutional Classics
Law Reviews
NRA news online
Sporting Outdoors blog
Blogroll
Instapundit
Upland Feathers
Instapunk
Volokh Conspiracy
Alphecca
Gun Rights
Gun Trust Lawyer NFA blog
The Big Bore Chronicles
Good for the Country
Knife Rights.org
Geeks with Guns
Hugh Hewitt
How Appealing
Moorewatch
Moorelies
The Price of Liberty
Search
Email Subscription
Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

 

Credits
Powered by Movable Type 6.8.3
Site Design by Sekimori

« Election and next term | Main | Knoxville stickup ends rather suddenly »

Uproar in Britain as .22 rimfire cartridge found

Posted by David Hardy · 12 November 2006 10:03 AM

UK's Guardian reports law enforcement is in an uproar after a .22 short cartridge was found lying in a doorway.

"The bullet, of Swiss origin, was still in its brass casing, complete with enough gunpowder for it to fire itself. [To fire itself, it must have been one remarkable cartridge].

Mr Khan said that if it had been struck hard enough or exposed to heat it could have gone off. ..."How can you feel safe when you are finding things like this on the street?

.....

The bullet has been examined at a Metropolitan Police laboratory and details about it kept for future reference. [Lab report: "This is a .22 short."]

.....

Police are treating the unattended ammunition as a crime."

Hat tip to Dan Gifford.

· non-US

4 Comments | Leave a comment

Sebastian | November 12, 2006 10:26 AM | Reply

Wow... you can tell these people know not a wit about firearms. The scary part is you'd think the police would at least know better.

RonInAz | November 12, 2006 10:57 AM | Reply

If they were worried about one .22 short they would have had apoplexy if they noted all the loose rounds I removed from my old car preparing for its sale.

BobG | November 12, 2006 11:40 AM | Reply

The British police are just as ignorant and uninformed as anyone else in the UK; how many of them have done any real shooting?

Dan in Michigan | November 13, 2006 12:24 PM | Reply

I saw that article yesterday. There were hysterical about it.

Leave a comment