Posted: 5/27/2012 11:18:55 AM EDT
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So I was looking for some info on the hot Dutch police chick from the GD thread here , when I came across an old news article with some confiscated weapons.
Anyway they constantly do idiotic stuff like that here but its usually things like calling a Tec-9 a Uzi and a .22lr revolver a Magnum or every fud gun with a scope a sniper rifle. This one however was particularly stupid so behold the danger: 
Does this stupid stuff happen in other Euro zone countries as well ? Basically somebody tipped the police that this guy had weapons at home he apparantly did not commit any other crime than the possession of this stuff. Link to news story |
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A few months ago, we had a somewhat similar case here in France.
A old gent who had 30-40 legally owned rifles and shotguns (rifles and shotguns that qualify as "hunting firearms" are free to own but must be registered) had a stroke or heart attack (don't remember exactly). The fire brigade had to break in to rescue him. That's when everyone (cops, FD, neighbours) found out he had guns (hint: the cops would have known had they typed his name in their friggin computers). Anyway, guy is taken to the hospital for a few days. In the mean time all his firearms are "seized" (on what ground - we'll never know) and turned into scrap metal by an eager motherf*** district attorney. Absolutely disgusting. |
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A few months ago, we had a somewhat similar case here in France. A old gent who had 30-40 legally owned rifles and shotguns (rifles and shotguns that qualify as "hunting firearms" are free to own but must be registered) had a stroke or heart attack (don't remember exactly). The fire brigade had to break in to rescue him. That's when everyone (cops, FD, neighbours) found out he had guns (hint: the cops would have known had they typed his name in their friggin computers). Anyway, guy is taken to the hospital for a few days. In the mean time all his firearms are "seized" (on what ground - we'll never know) and turned into scrap metal by an eager motherf*** district attorney. Absolutely disgusting. Lets hope he has to compensate said person for the weapons destroyed, and I mean the person responsible, from his own money, not from taxpayers funds  .
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a guy got arrested and his airsoft shop closed cause he had a deactivated RPG-75 (not for sale AFAIK).
even a children could tell it was deactivated since it was welded, drilled & shortened everywhere. it took 3 years for the Government to understand the RPG with all that mods was just a useless tube... |
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The spent (and useless) tubes make for some stupid here as well. They really always describe it as an ati tank rocket launcher (the Dutch words imply that it is still functional).
On the other hand we have had real RPG's hit the court house on MULTIPLE occasions over the years, here the most recent one: 
And the tube being fished up 
Also plenty of real hand grenade attacks (I wont even bother to list all the news stories) here some vid of one (@1:00) 
Thank god that we have to be in active competition to keep a singe shot .22 at home. |
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If the firearms in that photo bothered people, they would be horrified to see what is normally used at a practical rifle event in the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.A. They would point and say that gun owners like you are responsible for US violent crime. They really think that the US crime rate is caused by the NRA and have no idea of the differces in crime rates of say Chicago and New Hapshire. |
| Sort of along the same line, the media here love to report when someone is "caught" with hand grenades, but rarely ever clarify whether they're active or the deactivated type anyone can buy. I would venture to guess the vast majority of these are the legal, deactivated variety. |
The will be destroyed  guns are evil and our street criminals just love bolt action rifles and muzzle loaders.
The hand grenade thing is the same here as well. Here the possession in the home of "any object than can be used to threaten or intimidate" is a felony crime. A inactive grenade (although legal almost every ware in Europe) is a object that falls in this category. Even a possession of a cheap plastic toy grenade falls in this category. Anyway police here claim to find hand grenades all the time but somehow never bother to mention its inert or a cheap toy |
I would not take one of them even if they re free...