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Leaving aside views on the 'appropriateness' of the law relating to miniature rifle ranges, the term miniature rifle range relates to rimfire rifles not fullbores.Originally Posted by Jesim1
As I understand it there are a number of miniature rifle ranges that have operated for many years without incident, unfortunately though there have been instances where this concession not loophole has been abused.
Last edited by rockdrill; 25-11-2020 at 01:18 PM.
People who have been there focus on the fundamentals. People who sit at keyboards all day focus on the trivial and inane.
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In my view, the more 'security' that is put visibly on a house, the more 'attractive' it becomes to burglars - due to the 'if they've spent that much on the anti-theft precautions, there must be something worth stealing inside' mentality
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Putting aside the proposals for air weapons for a moment, the idea that "high muzzle energy rifles" could only be stored a club seems not well-thought out: surely better to store arelatively low number of such items at the owners house under the current requirements (rifle cabinet, alarm system...) where the property is frequently occupied than store many such rifles at a gun club which is frequently unoccupied?
No sensible gun club would want to take on that responsibility: their security bill would be horrendous and the accountability to both the owners and the police would be considerable. it would be a magnet for the nefarious nasties.
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The storage of "high=powered" guns at clubs has no security or safety benefits.
Miniature range rules predate the FAC system and have been of benefit to clubs and ranges. Where is the evidence that the miniature range rules have caused a crime problem? The case involving a miniature range recently did not involve anyone being injured, although I agree that their behaviour was not endearing.
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https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/up...rom-gun-range/
Former solider Craig Savage stole the semi-automatic rifle which he used to murder his estranged wife and her mother from a local gun range just minutes before the murders.
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Last edited by bighit; 25-11-2020 at 04:07 PM.
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One crime that happened at a miniature range in about 120 years.
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One is enough though . The other incident at the Full Metal Jacket Range with bullets flying over the heads of truckers may have been the straw that broke the camels back.
It only takes one incident to get the ball rolling sadly.
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