Friday, September 15, 2017

You want to put legally toy guns on your motorbike in the UK?

Absolutely not legal to do this. 
If anyone who saw the bike reported this to the police you would be prosecuted under Section 1 of the Firearms Act 1982. This relates to imitation weapons.

Even if you claim that they're toy guns the offence is committed simply because they worried someone enough to report them.

You would not get away with "they had orange tips" as a defence because the court would accept that the average "man in the street" would not recognise the significance of these.

Therefore you would almost certainly be found guilty.

You would also be charged under the Construction and Use Regulations for fitting accessories to your motorcycle which protrude in a way that could potentially cause injury to pedestrians or anything else in a collision.

Apart from the legal position - it would stupid.

Shooting With Bad Eyesight

Robin Taylor from Front sight magazine forwarded this email from "Bill" to me and asked me to answer regarding shooting and poor eyesight since my eyesight isn't t o good but I still manage to stay competitive

"I am getting up in years (64) and a type 2 diabetic. I do not shoot pistols competitively but hunting and recreation. I have a nearsightedness problem which is corrected with 1.50 diopter lenses. I can see the sights very well with this lens but now the target is blurry." 

Another solution is to change to a different type of sight, such as the red dot sight. With red dot sights you keep both eyes open and your eyes focused on the target.This restricts your ability to carry a pistol concealed because of the additio Be sure of your target. Never shoot anything you have not identified, and be aware of what and who might be in front, behind or surrounding your target. Recreational shooting this may be the solution for you.

For longer range shooting the use of a scope combined with intermediate reading glasses works well for me.
It is hopefully one of these suggestions will help you keep them all in the ten ring, or into the beer can, whatever the target may be!

You want to put legally toy guns on your motorbike in the UK?

Absolutely not legal to do this.  If anyone who saw the bike reported this to the police you would be prosecuted under Section 1 of the...