across the pond
IFA inundated with complaints about new gun laws
UNDER new legislation, all gun owners are required to invest a huge amount of time, satisfying complex and confusing red tape requirements, according to IFA countryside chairman David Wilkinson. He called on the justice minister to rethink the newly introduced licensing system for firearms.
Where Great Britain Used To Be:
The British Medical Association (BMA) and Association of Chief Police Officers have discussed ways in which doctors can be made aware of patients who own firearms.
The BMA’s plan to “tag” – or highlight – the medical records of patients who have shotgun or firearms licences have received a mixed reaction.
August 28th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
The supreme irony is that Ireland, who in their modern form, has had a history and culture that was centered around the overthrow of an oppressive government by using illegally acquired and illegally possessed firearms, now considers the very culture that has created their country to be dangerous and undesirable.