Wulfshead wrote:jansman wrote:Welcome. Top tip here. Don't worry and hurry slowly. You won't do it all in 5 minutes. I notice in the last sentence of your post you mention weapons. Please bear in mind that UK Preppers operates and discusses subjects within the law of our land. So no weapons please.
Other than that, dive in and enjoy.
Jansman,
You raise a good point about 'Law of the Land'
I and many others here legally own legally bought bows/crossbows and other projectile items.
What are we calling 'not abiding by the Law of the Land ?
As things stand our items are either for target shooting or objects of martial art
Do we have the licence to 'theorise that in a scenario whereby the ability to obtain food from supermarkets/High Street vendors has passed the 3 days and the enforcement of the ROL has crumbled we #may# see a need to hunt ??
A grey area methinks and a sincere question
Wulfshead
'Tis a grey area indeed. However, this is how it works here at UK. UK law forbids a person to "Go Equipped" i.e. carry any implement with the "intention" of using it for Offensive OR Defensive purposes. Our law is clear on that, like it or not.
Of course, if someone broke into your house at night whilst you were asleep and you happened to have a torch (big maglight?) and used it for defence then likely you would be excused as that was 'to-hand'. Of course, you would be on a sticky wicket if you had a crossbow to hand. That would be " Going Equipped"...
So the policy here is that we do not discuss such things. Like you, I own guns etc. we all know what they are capable of doing in the events we may encounter, but we keep it to ourselves.
Sometime soon, there is to be a change in UK law ( like it or not)that will allow broad surveillance of the web, phones etc. and we have to be whiter than white. We have all seen the extremes on'Doomsday Preppers' and the like, and we do not wish to be tarred with that brush. We have peaks and troughs with membership here, and non-moderators do not see the folks who do not get over the first hurdle,as it were. Some of the initial posts can be classed as psychotic to be honest.
UK Preppers is,and will remain, a forum that will not allow any topics that may give the impression to anyone that we are not law abiding.
Thankyou.
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