9mm blanks

[Pasty]

heard a rumour friday night that 9mm blanks where going to be only available with a gun lience can anyone inlighten me if this is true or not

[swill]

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havent heard this one mate, i hope not as my bfg will be unusable till i get a licence.
personaly i doubt it as they arent weapons but this government never ceases to amaze me.

[Pasty]

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thats what i thought but thought i would check as someone on here would know

[Renni 95]

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i bloody hope not ive got a bfg coming on christmas!

[shooter88]

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Hey people I wonder do I need a licence to buy blank firing gun?Also I have seen some shop need face to face sale and they do not ship order via internet?is this right?

[Tactical Ronin]

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Arn't blanks still lethal up to 50m. Thats what I was told about 5.56 blanks at least.

[reflexsnipe]

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I think they can be lethal if you put one right against someones head because of gases.
Could be wrong, I don't even have a bfg

[swill]

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i suppose in theory blanks could be lethal as they still exert force.
but i cant see any real life things happening unless someone decides to use them in the wrong way.
i mean look at a blank firing gun theres no way any debre could be fired as the barrels are filled and look at a bfg unless you are realy unlucky all they do is go bang.

[Tactical Ronin]

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I've seen a 5.56 blank shred a coke can from 10m. Just seems odd with how anti-gun the country is, that blanks can still be brought.

[xDeltaOne]

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One Day you will need a licence for a spud gun.

[Caveira]

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I heard this a while back, so it may be true. The problem is that it is possible to make a blank firer into a very effective live weapon, still just using blanks. And no, I won't explain how!

The very first thing we were shown on the range with the L1A1 was how dangerous even blanks could be. One of the DS fired a single round at a ply target from about 5m and it blew a hole though the ply and shredded a blood plasma bag that they had fixed onto the back. Put things into perspective VERY quickly!

[swill]

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was that fired from a vice ? sounds mad, the theory says the sound wave will do the damage, but its one of those i havnt seen it so i dont know kind of things isnt it.
thing is i have heard stories about people sharpening toothbrushes into a point and using them as weapons in prisons but they arent going to ban those are they !!!
l1a1s are 7.62 though arent they ?
and wasnt it the air movement that was the killer with 7.62 as they could pass straight though a body quite cleanly but the wave ripped them apart

[Tactical Ronin]

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a blank is a round stuffed with paper/ random debris and then crimped closed. Again, this was what i was taught at least.