monkey104 Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Unfortunately we are all making assumptions on the report of one newspaper from one interested party. And before any one says it, I don't count the sun as a source, never mind reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenRivers Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 I read about this soldier yesterday who was jailed for 18 months for having a gun that was still in a locked box that was presented to him. He was told if he didn't plead guilty and was found guilty he would get 5 years. Compare it to cases where there are people who have been caught with knives and which we were told would lead to zero tolerance and they are still walking the streets. The link to the article is below, if like me you feel he has been hard done by there is a petition you can sign. http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/4642941/Open-letter-to-David-Cameron-over-jailing-of-SAS-sergeant.html Petition Link http://www.thepetitionsite.com/466/483/779/freedom-for-this-sas-hero-sgt-danny-nightingale-now/ You can see why they would impose such a sentence: One in eight soldiers' commits violence on return Former SAS man to serve 18 years http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2124524/Soldier-killed-landlady-cleared-murder-suffering-post-traumatic-stress-serving-Afghanistan.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Isnt this typical of how "gun control" works ? The law abiding get punished while the criminals never get caught Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenRivers Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Isnt this typical of how "gun control" works ? The law abiding get punished while the criminals never get caught Either he was stupid or poorly advised. He should have known the pistol should must be a decommissioned weapon to bring it in to the UK, squaddies routinely have to go through customs when they get back from operations to check they're not smuggling illegal weapons or drugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmaximus Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 It was returned with his possessions from abroad in a case and never opened due to him having had a stroke and suffered severe memory loss. Obviously whilst abroad and on a military base he was entitled to hold firearms. Did it say how they knew he had the Gun when it was in an unopened box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinz Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 The army do exactly what their civilian masters tell them to do. Good, otherwise we'd be living under the boot of a Junta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidley Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 A military court is not the same as a civil court, a court martial can dish out a lot of different punishments than a civil court, and a lot harsher sentencing, anyone who compares the armed forces with civilian life has obviously never been in But what i don't understand about this is how did the gun get back in the uk if a solder returns from theatre they are looked at very closely for ordnance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Either he was stupid or poorly advised. He should have known the pistol should must be a decommissioned weapon to bring it in to the UK, squaddies routinely have to go through customs when they get back from operations to check they're not smuggling illegal weapons or drugs. Oh yeah! customs dont let you get away with a thing. I brought back a transistor radio and a camera I had bought while serving overseas in Malaya and Singapore. Soon as we were off the ship at Southampton, straight into the customs shed and everything out on the tables. I ddnt have enough money to pay duty on both of them and they confiscated the camera. A grateful country welcomes home it's heroes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansheff Posted November 14, 2012 Author Share Posted November 14, 2012 Oh yeah! customs dont let yopu get away with a thing. I brought back a transistor radio and a camera I had bought while serving overseas in Malaya and Singapore. Soon as we were off the ship at Southampton, straight into the customs shed and everything out on the tables. I ddnt have enough money to pay duty on both of them and they confiscated the camera. A grateful country welcomes home it's heroes And this same grateful country is making these soldiers redundant, some of them just days before they are entitled to a full pension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 And this same grateful country is making these soldiers redundant, some of them just days before they are entitled to a full pension.The need to downsize might be debatable, but the way they've picked people close to 16 or 22 year points and effectively robbed them of pensions is plain wicked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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