Man arrested for FINDING gun in his backyard

[jasonk282]

http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/...nding-gun/article-1509082-detail/article.html

Former soldier finds a sawed off shotgun with two rounds in his backyard, turns in into the police, then he gets arrested and after a 20 minute jury deliberation, that's right 20 minutes, is convicted and might face a minimum of 5 years in jail for doing the right thing. Gotta love those lovely gun control laws.:thumbsup: Britian, can't wait till it happens to us Yanks.

 

[AFA]

Yeah, I read about that stupidity. Like the kids forced out of school when Mom gives them a children's asprin.

 

[Hot Mega]

Fucking stupid!!! OH GAWD!! IT'S A "GUNNNN"...MUST NOT LOOK AT IT! MUST NOT TOUCH IT!!

If that's the civilized evolution "Euros" tout so proudly, NO FUCKING THANKS!!

More like criminally stupid IMO.

 

[TrueTranssexual]

Fucking stupid!!! OH GAWD!! IT'S A "GUNNNN"...MUST NOT LOOK AT IT! MUST NOT TOUCH IT!!

If that's the civilized evolution "Euros" tout so proudly, NO FUCKING THANKS!!

More like criminally stupid IMO.

Some of the stupidest things have happened in this country as well. That's probably a loophole in the law that must be fixed.
And yes, Euros are definitely more civilized than Americans IMO.

 

[Shadowfax 10]

Five years in jail for handing in a found shotgun, I think that silly if it was a young asbo he would have kept it for himself. Sure he could have notified the police by phoning them and not touch it but he said he didn't know that, It was an simple honest mistake. A waste of a paperwork for a policeman to do.

 

[Hot Mega]

Some of the stupidest things have happened in this country as well. That's probably a loophole in the law that must be fixed.
And yes, Euros are definitely more civilized than Americans IMO.

You're right. There are stupid things that happen (or laws) in the US too....unfortunately (or fortunately in our case) in this respect (paranoid preventionism) the "Euros" have the market cornered.

 

[GregCentauro]

That's crazy! He should have been shot immediately.

 

[Supafly]

People, there are such single fuck-ups every once in a while.

That does not mean that whole european law system is messed up.

 

[Hot Mega]

That's crazy! He should have been shot immediately.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:hatsoff:

 

[Mrs Jolly]

Maybe wait for the sentence before getting carried away.

 

[Hot Mega]

Maybe wait for the sentence before getting carried away.

Well the guy was arrested, tried (probably spent money he didn't have or at least not for that defending himself), convicted and had his life turn inside out....for what??? Finding a firearm and turning it in??

Isn't that more sentence already than anyone should ever get for something like that??

 

[marquis2]

Everybody is assuming that the man did in fact find the shotgun.There must have been a pretty good reason for the jury to find him guilty in only 20 minutes ; this implies that the decision was unanimous and the jurors had little doubt.We only know the story as reported without supporting information.

 

[Will E Worm]

He should have kept it.

All involved should be prosecuted. A lengthy prison sentence would do them good.

 

[Elwood70]

People, there are such single fuck-ups every once in a while.

That does not mean that whole european law system is messed up.

...or that any one nation is more civilized than another.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Glad to see commonsense is used over there

 

[Hot Mega]

Everybody is assuming that the man did in fact find the shotgun.There must have been a pretty good reason for the jury to find him guilty in only 20 minutes ; this implies that the decision was unanimous and the jurors had little doubt.We only know the story as reported without supporting information.

Well they could have convicted him prima facie.....meaning on a strict interpretation of the law and the facts. But don't they have what's called "prosecutorial discretion" over there??? Meaning, even if certain facts amount to a prosecutable offense, mitigating circumstances are considered by the prosecuting authority and discretion against prosecution is favored.

 

[grimey]

That is the stupid thing I ever heard.

 

[BlueBalls]

The story itself does not really interest me that much - it's clear (at least it is to me) that we don't have all the information. What's more interesting to me is the fact that FOX News (where I'm sure Jason first read about this LINK) picked up on this story. A minor story in a local newspaper that has no major attention whatsoever over here at all. You have to ask yourself what is their reasoning behind this? Obviously to make a point of some sort, it is FOX after all – something about "the evils of socialism and how it's going to take away your guns and Obama is leading us down this path" I’m guessing. But to focus on such a non-story if I may call it that is puzzling.

Then again, I’msure their readers in the US won’t have this information unless they know the area. So it probably has bred enough anger at the bastard European socialistic governments from the gun loving crowd to warrant it being reported in the first place.

 

[grimey]

The story itself does not really interest me that much - it's clear (at least it is to me) that we don't have all the information. What's more interesting to me is the fact that FOX News (where I'm sure Jason first read about this LINK) picked up on this story. A minor story in a local newspaper that has no major attention whatsoever over here at all. You have to ask yourself what is their reasoning behind this? Obviously to make a point of some sort, it is FOX after all – something about "the evils of socialism and how it's going to take away your guns and Obama is leading us down this path" I’m guessing. But to focus on such a non-story if I may call it that is puzzling.

Then again, I’msure their readers in the US won’t have this information unless they know the area. So it probably has bred enough anger at the bastard European socialistic governments from the gun loving crowd to warrant it being reported in the first place.

I'm sure it's not a minor story in this man's life. He's going to be going to prison it say's for a minimum of five years.....for doing the right thing! Hello McFly!! The injustice of that doesn't bother you at all???

 

[BlueBalls]

I'm sure it's not a minor story in this man's life. He's going to be going to prison it say's for a minimum of five years.....for doing the right thing! Hello McFly!! The injustice of that doesn't bother you at all???

Does it bother me? Of course, but like I say I don't think all of the information is being publicised because the case is still ongoing and all the facts are yet to come out. I just find it interesting that FOX picked up on this when no major British network has and before anyone says it, I don't think its ineptitude on their part; they love a good witch hunt too. That's all.