Theives!

[Losos]

Unlike most farmers, he had no fire arms certificate and a pump action shotgun.

Are you certain of that :?: I followed the story over a few weeks in a paper (not a tabloid) which usually gets it's facts right ('tho being written by humans they do sometimes get it wrong)

Also, what's the differance between a 'pump action' shotgun and the type of shotgun most farmers use :?: What's the significance of it being 'pump action'

Reading accounts of his IQ and his living conditions he didn't sound like someone who could get his hands on an illigal weapon :?

 

[Losos]

The misery these people cause is unbelievable, just ask Kevin, who now not only has no tools to carry on his hobby, but also ended up in hospital because of these scum.
Cheers
Mike

Thank you MIke for returning the thread to the subject matter, that of Mailee and Kevins loss (In the latters case not just his tools either)

I believe it's entirely reasonable to discuss on this (or any other forum) ways to improve the terrible crime rate that exists in many countries now. It's all very well to compare statistics, to say the Uk or France or whereever has a lower crime rate than somewhere else etc. but for people like Mailee and Kevin it's all to real, and all the people who should be doing something about the problem just seem to throw their hands in the air and say it's someone elses responsibility

 

[Gary]

My kid's would not get into drugs, so it would never happen, but I can see your point, and so no I would not think they got their just deserts, but if that was the law I would not want to see the innocent houiseholder jailed either.


Mike

Well let's hope not, but one never knows.

 

[Jake]

Unlike most farmers, he had no fire arms certificate and a pump action shotgun.

Are you certain of that :?: I followed the story over a few weeks in a paper (not a tabloid) which usually gets it's facts right ('tho being written by humans they do sometimes get it wrong):

He was convicted of it. His shotgun/firearms certificate had been revoked some years before, because he shot at someone's car in a dispute.

Also, what's the differance between a 'pump action' shotgun and the type of shotgun most farmers use :?: What's the significance of it being 'pump action'

'One' doesn't go 'shooting' with a pump action gun - they aren't 'sporting' guns. You need a full firearms certificate, rather than a shotgun certificate.

Reading accounts of his IQ and his living conditions he didn't sound like someone who could get his hands on an illigal weapon :?

I guess that goes to show that assumptions can be wrong.