http://www.complicity.co.uk/blog/2010/06/gun-control-panic-will-we-get-effective-legislation/ A blog about Liberty, Equality and the Internet. But not necessarily at the same time. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:34:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.complicity.co.uk/blog/2010/06/gun-control-panic-will-we-get-effective-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-6015 Police want 10 Year Olds to be allowed Firearms | Complicity Fri, 19 Nov 2010 08:31:39 +0000 http://zoe.complicity.co.uk/blog/?p=25#comment-6015 [...] term readers may remember that I have a passing interest in firearms legislation. It thus quite surprise me to come across this little piece from Tuesday’s Home Affairs [...] [...] term readers may remember that I have a passing interest in firearms legislation. It thus quite surprise me to come across this little piece from Tuesday’s Home Affairs [...]

]]> http://www.complicity.co.uk/blog/2010/06/gun-control-panic-will-we-get-effective-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Gun Control: What the papers say | Zoë O'Connell Sat, 05 Jun 2010 11:39:02 +0000 http://zoe.complicity.co.uk/blog/?p=25#comment-8 [...] which is as would be expected from a newspaper of record… except for that fact that their mistaken expert sparked my interest in blogging about this in the first place. Another right wing middle-market [...] [...] which is as would be expected from a newspaper of record… except for that fact that their mistaken expert sparked my interest in blogging about this in the first place. Another right wing middle-market [...]

]]> http://www.complicity.co.uk/blog/2010/06/gun-control-panic-will-we-get-effective-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Zoe O'Connell Thu, 03 Jun 2010 13:01:51 +0000 http://zoe.complicity.co.uk/blog/?p=25#comment-4 I make that 1.5 miles and change: So the world record for a sniper kill is <b>less</b> than the 2 mile figure quoted by the Telegraph "expert"... I make that 1.5 miles and change: So the world record for a sniper kill is less than the 2 mile figure quoted by the Telegraph “expert”…

]]> http://www.complicity.co.uk/blog/2010/06/gun-control-panic-will-we-get-effective-legislation/comment-page-1/#comment-3 pozorvlak Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:54:47 +0000 http://zoe.complicity.co.uk/blog/?p=25#comment-3 Minor nitpick: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_recorded_sniper_kills" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> records a confirmed kill at 2,475m with the British Army sniper rifle you link to. However, that's (a) a world all-time record for a long-range sniper kill, (b) by a professional sniper, (c) under perfect conditions, (d) almost completely irrelevant to your main (excellent) point. Minor nitpick: Wikipedia records a confirmed kill at 2,475m with the British Army sniper rifle you link to. However, that’s (a) a world all-time record for a long-range sniper kill, (b) by a professional sniper, (c) under perfect conditions, (d) almost completely irrelevant to your main (excellent) point.

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