It is said that Great Britain has an unwritten constitution so it was surprising that i managed to find one, the 1689 British Bill of Rights which waffles on about things like free elections, freedom of speech within Parliament, freedom from government interference, the right of petition, just treatment of people by courts and the right to petition the monarch as well as a few Doe's and Soe's and the odd Abrogated but the bit that caught my eye was that: 'Subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence suitable to their Conditions and as allowed by Law.'
As I am Church of England, after first checking exactly what a Protestant was and if i was one ( I am) i set out to look about ordering myself a gun and was deciding between a Pistol, semi-automatic, Rifle, Machine gun, Shotgun or a Revolver and deciding between a Kalashnikov or a CZ75 when i thought i had better check that it hadn't been removed later on and apparently it is still on the books so i plumped for a CZ75, small enough to fit in my purse and not cause too much of a bulge under my blouse because i would have to get one of those cool leather shoulder holsters like they had in Cagney and Lacey.
I was practising my best Dirty Harry 'Go Ahead Catholic, make my day' drawl in the mirror with my hairdryer when i noticed the last bit of the sentence '...as allowed by Law' so i checked with the local Police and it turns out that although the ruling is still valid, the Firearms Control Act of 1903 which prohibited the sale of guns to individuals makes it a no-no.
Turns out that it was decided that allowing citizens to own guns was considered madness and no sane nation would allow such bat shit crazy laws so banned them.
Fair enough, would be a bit insane to allow people to own and keep guns in their homes but luckily I didn’t order the CZ75 but I might still get shoulder holster as i could keep my vape in it.
Friday, 4 July 2025
No Guns For You Catholics
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