Salopian, I didn't know that you were close to that particular incident. I recall being sent as a one man road block in the middle of the night to try to stop Williams who was making his way north. And in the true traditions of British Policing; I was unarmed. I wasn't too disappointed when he turned off!

Blair was to blame for a lot of our recent silly laws concerning, hunting, guns and knives. Actually we do have a right to bear arms enshrined in our constitution; unfortunately the politicians don't seem to pay much notice to it. But surely the American right to bear arms doesn't extend to everyone. I would bet that ex-cons and the mentally insane aren't allowed to excercise their 'right'. Lagopus.....