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12 June 2009, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sarasquares

And the bloke with the 22, he showed me a 2 inch long

Is that all he had

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12 June 2009, 11:10 PM

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Salsa, i don't think a dog could have scaled an 8ft fence,

Yeah right!! Watch a police or military dog display team, a lab or GSD will clear that easy..

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Foxes are not meant to live in Urban areas, especially when their is countryside everywhere you look. They seem to be living here because the are too many of them to live in the surrounding countryside, and its easy pickings for them here.

Nope, they have moved urban cos humans make it pish easy for them to find food.

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12 June 2009, 11:42 PM

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No, these are the allotments just off Common lane on the left. They are very secluded and the entrance to it is through alleyways. There is a kids park there without the play stuff and a field. The place has become very abandoned and desolate, perfect for foxes.

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And the bloke with the 22, he showed me a 2 inch long silver shiny shell, looks the business

Ah, right - so they just need to go over Common Lane to be away into fields. Perfect urban/rural mix for Foxy.

Any rifle using a 2 inch cartridge is in no way suitable for the sort of area you're talking about - the allotments are completely encircled by housing I think?

If he's firing that sort of stuff in there (which I somehow doubt) then I'm amazed he hasn't either A) had someone phone the Firearms mob, or B) killed someone.

I have a feeling he might just be pulling your leg to spend time talking to a pretty girl?

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13 June 2009, 02:42 AM

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You also have neighbours and the public to consider. You go walking around with/firing a rifle in a confined area these days and you will have an Armed Response Unit out after you.

The easiest way to explain the rule that we work with from The Firearms Act is that you can shoot at anything within your fences/bounderies, but should your pellet/dart/bullet etc pass through or over your boundary, then you are liable to be nicked.

There a 3 types of weapons which are probably best described as - air weapons; pistols under 6ft/lb rifles under 12ft/lb pressure, Section 1 firearms; legal with a licence or section 5; don't have them or you're looking at a big s**t!

I'm certified to carry S.5 firearms, but once I'm off duty it's locked up and can't be accessed.

My suggestion is simply don't play with or carry weapons of any sort. The ARV's (firearms squad) around here carry some serious munitions and you don't want to be on the wrong end of them