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> Secondly, who gets to decide what a "firearm" is? All kinds of objects could potentially contain an explosion and fire a projectile.

The Firearms Act does:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/57

Whether or not the firearm is offence worthy:

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/5




Look at pictures the pipe has 43mm for diameter stamped on it. It' way too large even for a shotgun shell. This is the police just being idiots or saving face. This guy really needs a better lawyer. I am honestly amazed a judge would not even question it.

I bet it was just a container to keep stuff dry from the moisture in the dirt since it sounds like this guy hid stuff in the ground in caches.




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