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Grins

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7. In the UK...

Reply to heckles65 (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 28, 2023, 04:32 PM

Mar 2023

…you must get the OK from the police BEFORE you are allowed to buy a gun. One of the MANY!!! requirements is a steel safe for the gun.

And they will come to your HOUSE to see and verify you do.
Don’t have one? No gun.

Come to the house and don’t have one you said you had?
No gun - EVER.
Lying is PROOF you lack the character and citizenship to have a deadly weapon.

Their background check takes months; similar to a secret clearance from the government.

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In the UK... Grins Mar 2023 #7

That's what we should have here heckles65 Apr 2023 #8

The right will now say that Wonder Why Mar 2023 #5

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