I remember when I was a lad 18yo, I boarded with an old couple in Sydney , anyway the husband was telling me an aquaintace of his came across a dead body when out walking or something.

He reported it to the coppers and was interrogated to the point that he felt he was no.1 suspect and he apparently said to anyone interested after that

"If that happens to you pretend you didnt even see it and keep walking!"

That is a great idea Herb until you get busted with a handgun in your possession.

Several years gaol is very possible.

Jasin wrote on Nov 6^th, 2017 at 12:49pm:



At least you won't be charged.
Sometimes they leave you hanging for 6 months
not knowing if they will charge you or not.

Are they going to check the rounds for prints?

Bobby. wrote on Nov 6^th, 2017 at 12:52pm:


They sent it off to some Forensic place in Sydney and within 6 hours the prints on the gun came back as 'un-identified' (not on record). So 'so far-so good' for me. Hence why I was kept at the station all night, until the result came back. But I'm sure 'I'm still on record' 

Redmond Neck wrote on Nov 5^th, 2017 at 2:10pm:


Nonsense.

I've been in Australia since 1962 with not even a parking ticket. Just the other day a highway cop told me I'm "Not in the system" while scratching his head in disbelief. He consequently let me go for riding my electric bike without it being registered.

THAT's the sort of service you get when you've been a compliant and model citizen for all of the past 55 years ..... He was practically bowing to me. I told him to smarten up his act next time and not bother me again. He drove off in a cloud of apologies.

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As for this Texas nutter, the very fact that he had been dishonourably discharged from the army should have been enough to have barred him from owning a gun.

It's not that gun-ownership is rampant in the US, but that the people who shouldn't be entitled to own a gun are not being identified and denied a weapon to take home with them.

The US population is 323 million people, and of course there are going to be incidences like this due to the sheer number of people in the population pool. The miracle is that it doesn't happen more often, and especially because Hollywood's success has for decades been dependent on sex-and-VIOLENCE being the core ingredient of its entertainment business.

Jasin wrote on Nov 6^th, 2017 at 1:30pm:



Next time just walk on by:

One thing I've learnt in the past is if a cop says please come down to the station then say no.
They haven't got sh1t on you and want to trick you. Masters of deceipt.
I call their bluff now.

Jasin wrote on Nov 6^th, 2017 at 1:37pm:



You are a funny guy, I couldn't help but laugh.

Since it hasn't been connected to any criminal activity yet it may have been the once legal property of a deceased citizen. Maybe when your gun laws became more restrictive he didn't turn it in and now the family just dumped it.

As for your final statement, most people show much better judgement than you and don't need Nanny telling us what we can have!


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