Quote Originally Posted by shivadow View Post
The real reasons the 12ft/lb law was introduced is because it takes 12ft/lb to break a human bone so that's the rifles. The pistols are more likely to be used in crime as they can be hidden so they ruled 6ft/lb to stop it breaking through skin.

Between the 1960's and 1980's there was a significant increase in teenagers misusing air weapons by shooting people at random in the street and each other for fun so there was a reform on firearms and the above limits were set.

12ft/lb in rifles because higher can break a human bone.
6ft/lb in pistols because higher is likely to puncture human skin and pistols can be hidden.

Dunblane reinforced those limits.

Any higher than specified above are classed as Class 1 firearms and require certification by police to posess.
The limits were set in the 1968 act & have not changed, so what happened in the 70's/80's has nothing to do with it, especially not Dunblane.
I'd like to see proof to support your other claims.
Oh & a pistol above 6ftlb is not sect-1, it's sect-5 prohibited.