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- Old Shatterhand
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Re: This story should be true
I can't open the link!Old Shatterhand wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engl ... 196104.stm
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here is a cut-n-paste of it .....
Talon
Pantomime gun must be registered
A Cornish village drama group has had to register a toy gun with the police to comply with health and safety rules.
Carnon Downs drama group in Cornwall have also had to keep their plastic cutlasses and wooden swords locked up for the pantomime, Robinson Crusoe.
Producers of the show called the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) rules "farcical".
A spokesman for the HSE said the rules were designed to make risks "sensibly managed".
It gets a bit farcical when you are dealing with plastic swords
Linda Barker
The climax of the show is a fight in which actors use replica 4ft-foot long plastic cutlasses.
There is also a toy gun which produces a flag saying "Bang".
The directors contacted police after receiving advice from the HSE and the National Operatic and Dramatic Association.
The HSE have a page on their website called Entertainment Information Sheet 20 which lays down strict rules for the handling of guns, swords and other weapons on set.
Drama group co-director Linda Barker said: "The cutlasses count as weapons even though they are replicas and made of plastic and apparently they could be mistaken for real ones.
"Our only gun was a panto pistol which produces a flag with the word bang on it.
"Our local police at Truro were fantastic and they have registered the gun, the two plastic cutlasses and our six wooden swords."
She added: "It gets a bit farcical when you are dealing with plastic swords. It is not as if anyone is likely to be scared by them."
Neighbourhood beat officer Pc Nigel Hyde said: "We have been informed and made a note.
"It seems a bit unusual but other forms of replica weapons have been used to carry out crimes and the consequences have been serious."
A spokesman for the HSE said: "We do not want to stop people putting on pantos or having fun as long as the risks are sensible managed."
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.. """ this is just wrong """""" (Talon)
Talon
Pantomime gun must be registered
A Cornish village drama group has had to register a toy gun with the police to comply with health and safety rules.
Carnon Downs drama group in Cornwall have also had to keep their plastic cutlasses and wooden swords locked up for the pantomime, Robinson Crusoe.
Producers of the show called the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) rules "farcical".
A spokesman for the HSE said the rules were designed to make risks "sensibly managed".
It gets a bit farcical when you are dealing with plastic swords
Linda Barker
The climax of the show is a fight in which actors use replica 4ft-foot long plastic cutlasses.
There is also a toy gun which produces a flag saying "Bang".
The directors contacted police after receiving advice from the HSE and the National Operatic and Dramatic Association.
The HSE have a page on their website called Entertainment Information Sheet 20 which lays down strict rules for the handling of guns, swords and other weapons on set.
Drama group co-director Linda Barker said: "The cutlasses count as weapons even though they are replicas and made of plastic and apparently they could be mistaken for real ones.
"Our only gun was a panto pistol which produces a flag with the word bang on it.
"Our local police at Truro were fantastic and they have registered the gun, the two plastic cutlasses and our six wooden swords."
She added: "It gets a bit farcical when you are dealing with plastic swords. It is not as if anyone is likely to be scared by them."
Neighbourhood beat officer Pc Nigel Hyde said: "We have been informed and made a note.
"It seems a bit unusual but other forms of replica weapons have been used to carry out crimes and the consequences have been serious."
A spokesman for the HSE said: "We do not want to stop people putting on pantos or having fun as long as the risks are sensible managed."
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.. """ this is just wrong """""" (Talon)
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I think this is a breakthrough. The British government could start making cardboard cutouts of policemen (bobbies) and put them up on street corners to fight crime.
Think of the money they will save. It's about time, Paul McCartney is tired of paying for everything.
Think of the money they will save. It's about time, Paul McCartney is tired of paying for everything.
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I found myself laughin' and gigglin' at that bit of nonsense. But... If we don't do our best to ensure our Bill of Rights remains intact, and make sure the gun-grabbers on this side of the pond don't get elected, we'll be ones the being laughed at. I can hear the "WE TOLD YOU SO!s" coming across loud and clear!
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AND... I'm over it!!
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Sorry fellas, I disagree.donw wrote:
you may rest at nite knowing that's the way this nation is heading... Sad Sad Sad
Yes it is.
That's where the ignorant would take us, but we Americans will never give up the fight.
We must keep on introducing US citizens to our God given American rights and ideals. The left sided media have tried to brainwash it out of us, but haven't succeeded to anything like the extent they'd like us to believe.
I would hope to think so. Let me ask. Just what are we prepared to do? God forbid, if the SCOTUS were to rule we have no second amendment rights, what would we do. It could come down to that very soon.homefront wrote:Sorry fellas, I disagree.donw wrote:
you may rest at nite knowing that's the way this nation is heading... Sad Sad Sad
Yes it is.
That's where the ignorant would take us, but we Americans will never give up the fight.
We must keep on introducing US citizens to our God given American rights and ideals. The left sided media have tried to brainwash it out of us, but haven't succeeded to anything like the extent they'd like us to believe.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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