Tempus Fugit Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 And much of that involves firearms. great idea, ban handguns, but they did that (because of one loony killer) and instantly killed an olympic sport in GB, enjoyed by thousands, and made illegal ownership of handguns jump from a small figure to 100% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 And much of that involves firearms. great idea, ban handguns, but they did that (because of one loony killer) and instantly killed an olympic sport in GB, enjoyed by thousands, and made illegal ownership of handguns jump from a small figure to 100% I agree that the UK ban was a very misguided knee jerk reaction but the ownership of hand guns is permitted for sporting target shooters on the Isle of Man and many of the UK pistol shooters now visit the island to shoot competitively There are very strict regulations about the place and type of storage of these weapons are kept in but this doesn't persuade me to accept that everyone should have the automatic right to keep firearms in their home or business address on the basis of self defence as TJ has suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempus Fugit Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 And much of that involves firearms. great idea, ban handguns, but they did that (because of one loony killer) and instantly killed an olympic sport in GB, enjoyed by thousands, and made illegal ownership of handguns jump from a small figure to 100% I agree that the UK ban was a very misguided knee jerk reaction but the ownership of hand guns is permitted for sporting target shooters on the Isle of Man and many of the UK pistol shooters now visit the island to shoot competitively There are very strict regulations about the place and type of storage of these weapons are kept in but this doesn't persuade me to accept that everyone should have the automatic right to keep firearms in their home or business address on the basis of self defence as TJ has suggested. it put the mockers on most of the Island's pistol shooting as a lot used to take part in the NSRA national pistol league, which just collapsed, I used to shoot in a team which was well up in division 4 (top 30-40 teams in UK), and there's little incentive to carry on if there's little competition, and to keep on form or improve you have to shoot at least twice a week, not just every few weeks/months :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 So why not focus on the European competitions instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 The CCTV picture is shit. Who bought the cameras? They are 100% useless. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 The CCTV picture is shit. Who bought the cameras? They are 100% useless. It always amazes me that in an age of cheap HD camera technology CCTV is generally shit. If you're black and white, heavily pixelated and out of focus you're in trouble. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 A moving picture is sometimes better - people recognise a persons walk, they way they hold themselves etc. Stills from video are nest to useless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossils Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 This is clearer CCTV of the suspect. http://www.manx.net/tv/mt-tv/watch/63745/robbery-update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Oooh that is awful. The little scroat will cadge off on some technicality even if he is caught (which is not looking very likely, that could have been anyone on that video). This is not in the least bit nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jefferson Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 It seems strangely convenient how he was able to rob that bike just in time for the robbery. Did it get robbed on the day in question? And did the owner just leave the keys in it ready to be robbed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alibaba Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 HAHA look at the state of that GOON with the clipboard acting like he's working in the video. No wonder crimes don't get solved. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisenchuk Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 It seems strangely convenient how he was able to rob that bike just in time for the robbery. Did it get robbed on the day in question? And did the owner just leave the keys in it ready to be robbed? If it was a motocross bike then it wouldn't need a key to start it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jefferson Posted May 12, 2014 Author Share Posted May 12, 2014 If it was a motocross bike then it wouldn't need a key to start it. Oh I see, I don't know F all about bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Double negative....was it you? Did TJ make any posts at the time of the wobbewy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxemma Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 It was in road and track being serviced when it was stolen apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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