British Police Pleased With Seizing BB Guns

By Tom Knighton

BB guns and other air guns are occasionally used in crimes. It’s stupid, but when a gun-shaped object is pointed out you, the last thing most folks are going to do is measure the bore, especially if they don’t know anything about guns.

As a result, criminals who can’t get their hands on firearms will sometimes use BB guns to intimidate instead. We’ve seen this happen more than once, unfortunately.

However, few people are endangered by the use of BB guns. That’s why if a police officer shoots someone pointing a BB gun at them, there’s outrage. They don’t get that the officer had to make a split-second decision as it only registers that a BB gun isn’t likely to kill anyone.

Meanwhile, in England, one police department offered this to make citizens feel safer:

These blank firing and BB handguns were seized from a house in Exhall and a man arrested.

Sergeant Jack Pritchard from Bedworth Police Station said: “I have no doubt that removing these items from the circulation has made our streets safer. https://t.co/fHm0omig70 pic.twitter.com/UR2GKkIzjz

— Warwickshire Police (@warkspolice) September 6, 2019

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Source:: Bearing Arms