David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
> William Black wrote:
>
> > "The Reid" wrote in message
> > news:t8du131asmktmmrv32ri4mt42s9sl5iv57@4ax.com...
> > > On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:19:07 -0400, Viking
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >>Did get shot by hunters, this being the gun-happy USA. Small public
> > >>lake, they were shooting at ducks flying over, I was on the other
> > >>side. No big problem because I was wearing a jacket, but the pellets
> > >>left dents in it. Nice shooting chums. Still, not everyone can say
> > >>they've been shot by shotguns and survived. Lucky the damn stuff spent
> > >>most of its momentum before it hit me.
> > >
> > > funnily enough that happened to me in UK. However, a phone call
> > > elicited police with dogs (and I assume armed response) within 10
> > > minutes and I wasn't even on a public road. They took it *very*
> > > seriously.
> >
> > The police in the UK take every report of a firearm seriously.
> >
> > Which is why they're dead scared that one day they're going to shoot dead a
> > child with a toy gun.
>
> They shot one for carrying a table leg a few years ago.
An adult, not a child- sorry.
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