You may have heard that the UK doesn’t want its citizens to own guns, save a small number of shooting sports-oriented shotgun owners. Who must have a license, for which they must be interviewed (in person) by the police and pay an annual fee. They’re dead serious, mate. We recently reported on a recent BB APB, where the Basingstoke po-po’s gun crime bobbies got their knickers in a twist after discovering a bird shot with a BB gun. And now comes word (via Auntie Beeb) that Guernsey is “asking all owners of the guns to surrender them, and schools, sporting clubs and dog trainers, who are all known to use starting pistols, are asked to check the make of any pistols they have.” ‘Cause the Beeb can’t craft a grammatical sentence for toffee these days. And the Olympic .380 BBM revolvers have to be licensed, now. ‘Cause “they are designed to fire blanks and are used as starting pistols, but are often converted into illegal weapons.” Over-educated readers will immediately note that Guernsey isn’t part of the U.K. per se . . .
