For the first time, I feel a bit twitchy!

[Deeps]

1. a large number of FAC holders live in rural Britain and I dare say most of them would be only too happen to bag a brace of Terrs mate.

I have had a word with a few of my neighbours and we've come to the unanimous decision that normal shoot guidelines apply and it would be rather poor form and a bit of a bad show if one were to bag more than a brace. One of the more senior chaps wanted to impose a side-by-side only rule but the consensus felt that under the circumstances, three-shot semi-autos would be acceptable, just in case you winged one.

Anyway. As for the OP, I think it's a very good thing you are thinking the way you do and quite normal in my opinion. It pays to be vigilante and aware of threats and to plan what ifs. I'm old enough to remember the IRA bombing Knollys Road and grew up with bomb-scares being part of normal life.

I'm glad the great response you've had on here has put your mind at rest.

Whether deliberate or not, I did actually 'laugh out loud' at this.

[Briggs 2.0]

1. a large number of FAC holders live in rural Britain and I dare say most of them would be only too happen to bag a brace of Terrs mate.

I have had a word with a few of my neighbours and we've come to the unanimous decision that normal shoot guidelines apply and it would be rather poor form and a bit of a bad show if one were to bag more than a brace. One of the more senior chaps wanted to impose a side-by-side only rule but the consensus felt that under the circumstances, three-shot semi-autos would be acceptable, just in case you winged one.

Anyway. As for the OP, I think it's a very good thing you are thinking the way you do and quite normal in my opinion. It pays to be vigilante and aware of threats and to plan what ifs. I'm old enough to remember the IRA bombing Knollys Road and grew up with bomb-scares being part of normal life.

I'm glad the great response you've had on here has put your mind at rest.

Whether deliberate or not, I did actually 'laugh out loud' at this.

Ahah! A typo that Freud would be proud of!

[Plymtom]

This was being banded about a few months back and has surfaced again among the airgun comunity http://10news.dk/?p=760 about Interpol recommending arming citizens as being the best way of stopping terrorist attacks.... my view may surprise you I think it would be counter productive in the UK we are just not geared up to defend ourselves with firearms, self defence is not and should not be good reason to own one, and no one in this country is accustomed to the dangers of letting off rounds with no suitable backstop, it would require specialist and ongoing training (indeed does even for our armed response police) to be fit to carry what are currently completely banned firearms which have not been available in that manner for many years and I mean before they were banned, someone in Exeter today was arrested for having a playstation gun in public http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Armed-p ... story.html we're many miles away from armed FAC holders in the UK... thankfully and from both sides of the fence, don't get me wrong if things ever got that bad I'd probably do it with the right training, reluctantly and in the hope of never having to do it for real, things aren't that bad, 7-7, Paris on both occasions happen too often these days, maybe all police in the western world should be armed and trained by default?
On the OP I too am glad you feel a little calmer, I think as Briggs said it's only natural to think what if, and yes we've had our fair share of bomb scares here too in the past even the not very distant past, vigilant is good it'll probably save lives somewhere.

[Briggs 2.0]

Growing up in Aldershot in the 70s and 80s meant you had to always be vigilant. (no auto type adding an 'e' there). I remember going to the cinema with my mum and there was a bomb scare during the film. When we got outside, we separated from the crowd and stood in a doorway quite a distance from the cinema. I clearly remember saying to her that we needed to go back to the cinema to join the queue to get back in. She said I needed to think of where the glass would go if the glass doors blew out of the cinema. I'll never forget that, I must have been about eight or nine. So, if Waringtonmum88 is doing something similar I'll bet her children will not forget either and that's nothing but a good thing.

Briggs.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Growing up in Aldershot in the 70s and 80s meant you had to always be vigilant. (no auto type adding an 'e' there). I remember going to the cinema with my mum and there was a bomb scare during the film. When we got outside, we separated from the crowd and stood in a doorway quite a distance from the cinema. I clearly remember saying to her that we needed to go back to the cinema to join the queue to get back in. She said I needed to think of where the glass would go if the glass doors blew out of the cinema. I'll never forget that, I must have been about eight or nine. So, if Waringtonmum88 is doing something similar I'll bet her children will not forget either and that's nothing but a good thing.

Briggs.

who was it on here a while back working with some NI staff when there was a bomb scare.. most of the local staff took this oppotuity to look out the windows at the blue flashing lights in the street where as the NI staff members dropped to the deck and crawled towards the centre of the building / exit

[Plymtom]

Plymouth being a garrison city had it's fair share of bomb scares, though probably not as likely a target as Aldershot and many other places, but many of us always considered it unlikely because the escape routes from here are limited, IRA were the sort who wanted to hit and run, this new lot only have to consider getting there, so hiding among innocent groups and blending in I suppose is their strategy, and glass, indeed I hadn't given nearly enough consideration to flying glass and other things thrown about, my thoughts were on spotting and avoiding dodgy looking individuals and knowing my exit routes, from wherever I go, there's an awful lot of glass around these days, much of it one would have to navigate to evacuate in most shopping areas these days, I may have to consider the least glazed routes when I'm out and about, I still don't think it highly likely around these parts yet as prepping is a part of what I do I must consider my options in any scenario.

[kernewek]

The phrase 'blend in' is probably important. Plymouth is more multicultural than it used to be but a group of Islamic terrorists might still attract attention.

[Arzosah]

Injuries from glass thats been broken by an explosion are a really important part of the effect of a terrorist attack look at the video of the cafe that's doing the rounds right now http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/n ... is-attacks

I've said it before on here, I think, but during the London campaign by the IRA, when I wanted to go to shops on Oxford Street, I often used to use the rear or side doors - huge, huge plate glass windows would be devastating in an explosion. Or that bomb that went off in the City of London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Bishopsgate_bombing if you look at the photo on the right, the buildings are still standing, but look at all those broken windows ....

[ForgeCorvus]

I know as a group we're not in the business of scaremongering, and i'll be damned if they will dictate how I go about my business

I can get behind this sentiment.

To my mind Prepping isn't about owning three guns and 500,000 rounds for every member of the household, neither is it having foodstocks to last to the end of the decade... Its knowing that there are potential problems and planning how to deal with them, not sticking your head in the sand because "Those things don't happen around here/to people like us and the Government will sort it out anyway".

Chances of being caught in a Mumbai/Paris type Event are low.... But by being Mentally Prepped (Aware & Planned) your chances of surviving such an Event are better then the Un-Prepared