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A shop has just started selling guns at the top of our road......

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maxandmonty · 30/03/2007 23:13

THere is a really random shop at the end of our local parade of shops, that has sold all sorts of paraphenalia over the past few years: nylon knickers anyone?! THey have always sold pot smoking equipment such as bongs, rizlas etc Today I went by and they are displaying REAL guns and knives I went in and asked the owner (who happens to have 2 teenage sons) was she not worried about our gun culture etc etc She said it was for collectors and she would use her common sense when selling guns...funny how it is sold alongside drug taking equipment.....what should i do? What would u do?? Oh and I saw her husband showing a gang of 4/5 teenage boys the knives...

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morningpaper · 31/03/2007 14:26

I walked into town today and I noticed that the Pawn shop had a display of rifles and also a "birthday" type shop had started selling them. I was shocked.

tigermoth · 31/03/2007 14:26

That's terrible, saggermakersbottonknocker

morningpaper · 31/03/2007 14:27

The ones I saw were not replicas - they were also selling shot to go in them

zippitippitoes · 31/03/2007 14:37

you can sell them as long as the purchaser is over 17..restrictions on larger ones apply, 14-17 year olds can be lent them to use under supervision

in a public place they have to be in a secured gun case

zippitippitoes · 31/03/2007 14:38

air rifles that is

Saggarmakersbottomknocker · 31/03/2007 14:45

It was dreadful tigermoth. It makes me cry just to think about it. The other boy was charged with manslaughter but was found not guilty. Two families lives in tatters.

There are gun laws obviously but they'll be broken either purposefully or because owners are careless and irresponsible. Those sort of shops should be outlawed. It makes me so angry.

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