craigievarkiller
Well-Known Member
How patronising! He had done the qualifications. If pocketing a perfectly legally held and carried pistol gives the poor guy the confidence to get out there then good on him.
Personal protection with weapons is an alien concept to me as a Brit but i can see how a culture of fear and suspicion combined with possibly the worst disability and the aftermath of what must have been a terrifying dog attack could lead to thinking a gun is the answer.
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I really don't see a problem with it. He's a blind guy- not the perpetrator of a high-school massacre.
I certainly was not patronising the gentleman in question.
He has the qualifications ....so what ? .....bet that none of those had a shooting test component to them.
If he wanted something to give him confidence and provide protection against further dog attacks then pepper spray or anti-dog devices (high pitched sound alarms) would provide that without posing a lethal threat to any members of the public in the surrounding area.
There is no way he would be issued a FAC in the UK.....