Replica guns seized from collector

"Armed police swooped on the flat of a 54-year-old replica pistol collector in Battersea."

But of course the Brits find no irony in ARMED MEN bursting into the home of a loyal SUBJECT in order to take away his FAKE guns.

"They seized 17 replica guns but police admit the man posed no threat to the community."

Hell, doesn't matter if one is a threat or not. In the UK, law enforcement makes the rules, changes them whenever they damned well please, and there isn't even a constitution to point to because the Brit one gets altered every dozen years or so to keep it a "living, breathing, orgasmicating document."

"Wandsworth crime squad Inspector Matt Phelps said police had raided the flat about 10.20am on October 10 after a tip-off from the public.

"This action was taken to pro-actively reduce the threat of firearm incidents in the borough and to prevent any possible tragic consequences should they have made their way into the wrong hands," Insp Phelps said after the weapons had been handed over.

"Most imitation weapons are exact copies of the real thing and this places armed officers in the almost impossible position of having to make an instant judgment on whether a gun is real or not.

"I would like to thank the local residents who had the foresight to bring this collection to our attention, and the owner for his full co-operation."

Yeah. Where WOULD LE be without rats.

"The Met said in a statement that "although there was no concern that the owner of the collection posed a threat himself, the firearms that had been identified by officers as susceptible to conversion were retained as a precautionary measure" and will be destroyed.

As a "precautionary measure". The presumption of guilt upon an individual who was never known to participate in a criminal activity.

Hey; its easier than snatching up the REAL bad guys.

Next time the UK comes begging for another Lend-Lease Act what say we tell them to piss off? Then they'd get to make use of those replicas in case of another invasion. Pointing them at invading islamo-fascists and shouting "BANG-BANG" is better than nothing.

And would be fun to watch.