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deact weapons consaltation paper

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this has been sent to me via the miliatry vehicle trust i urge all members of the forum who own or wish to own in the future to read the attached and vist the website linked at the bottom before we lose any chance of owning or buying deact weapons


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> If you own, wish to own in the future, or have an interest in
> de-activated weapons, it is in your own interest to have a look at the
> various options being considered. If we do nothing, then we are
> accepting that we do not care what the future holds for de-acs and their
> owners. At the very least, if we are to lose all our de-acs, or the
> ability to sell them, then we must try our very best to ensure we get
> fair compensation. It is said that after the precedent of compensation
> for handguns, the fear of compensation claims saved de-acs from the VCR
> Bill. There are so many "facts" in this document that need querying,
> just take your pick.
>
> Could you please pass on this information to other members for whom we
> may not have an e-Mail address.
>
> We are a large organisation, so let's make our voices heard !
>
> Many thanks
>
> Preston Isaac
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>
>
> Son of VCR. At last the Government have opened up what they call
> consultations, under the title "Controls on Deactivated Firearms: A
> Consultation Paper". Thank you to the members who soon picked up on the
> rather quiet release, of what I fear will just be a sham of a
> consultation. I am disgusted that the MVT has been omitted from the list
> of organisations consulted, just as we were omitted from the VCR's list,
> in spite of a formal request for inclusion by our General Secretary.
> With such a high percentage of the UK's de-acs owned by MVT members we
> should have been obvious partners in any consultation. This presumably
> deliberate omission is a real insult to us, especially as there is no
> mention of AFV's or artillery, the obvious domain of the MVT.
>
> I will not try to list what I think are inaccuracies in the document's
> figures, statistics and assumptions, as it would take up half of this
> magazine. Let me just say that by the time I had ploughed through all of
> it's 50 plus pages, I was sounding more like my hero Victor Meldrew,
> than the man himself. Please, please, get hold of a copy, and as they
> particularly want to hear from "those with a direct knowledge of
> de-activated firearms", this qualifies a great many MVT members, so send
> in your comments. There are so many questionable "facts and figures"
> that must be contested ! The link for this written version of smoke and
> mirrors is
> http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/ ... d-firearms
> This consultation closes May 25, 2009.
> --
> Garry
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