It just seems like you could have said "There is no good reason for ME to have one" instead of saying that people that own guns have no reason to. The way you worded it could easily be taken as an insult to any gun owner.Ampersand said:I did...:/ opinions different from yours aren't automatically irrelevant. Should go without saying but whatever.MagicMouse said:This. Only I don't have enough. Not YET.Ladette said:I have enough guns, and why would I risk taking home what could have been a murder weapon?
Please stick to the subject at hand, there is no need for this to turn into a debate.Ampersand said:I really hate guns, there is just no good reason for someone to have one.
Yes they could.Sovvolf said:Hand it in to the police. Regardless of my feelings about guns, I'm pretty sure that taking a loaded gun off of the street and keeping it is probably highly illegals and I'm doubting the police are going to be messing around when it comes to firearms.
However if you phoned the police and informed them of the location of the gun, you'd be in no trouble and the police would probably thank you. Or even if you took the gun home and phoned the police, they couldn't arrest you for carrying a firearm.Callex said:Guns in the UK are a strict liability. Even if I took it straight to a police station and handed it in, I would be arrested and likely charged for carrying a firearm. So no, I wouldn't touch the damn thing.
The winning answer right here.Dirty Hipsters said:The most probable reason for a gun to be on the side of the road is if it was used in some kind of crime and the user tossed it afterward to get rid of the evidence. In that case it's a REALLY bad idea to keep it, touch it, or in any way be associated with it.
Wow, our laws need a serious overhaul. Sometimes laws don't factor in common sense it seems.moretimethansense said:Yes they could.Sovvolf said:Hand it in to the police. Regardless of my feelings about guns, I'm pretty sure that taking a loaded gun off of the street and keeping it is probably highly illegals and I'm doubting the police are going to be messing around when it comes to firearms.
However if you phoned the police and informed them of the location of the gun, you'd be in no trouble and the police would probably thank you. Or even if you took the gun home and phoned the police, they couldn't arrest you for carrying a firearm.Callex said:Guns in the UK are a strict liability. Even if I took it straight to a police station and handed it in, I would be arrested and likely charged for carrying a firearm. So no, I wouldn't touch the damn thing.
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Call police leaving an nnonymos tip, wait ten minuites to make sure no one else takes it, then leave.
Or, you know, they just left it there to remember where it is.Aetera said:I'd leave it. If someone dropped a loaded gun like that, it was probably used in a crime. I don't need the headache.