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Old 10-19-2017, 04:18 AM   #3
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Default Re: Weapons in 1930 England

Yes, if you're blatantly expecting lethal violence in your pub the magistrates will start wondering why you should be allowed to have a pub at all. Any weaponry behind the bar is likely to be strictly unofficial, and it's much easier to cover up a light cudgelling than gunshot wounds.

There are however quite a few unregistered firearms about, mostly pistols brought back as souvenirs from the War. They live in drawers and are mostly forgotten about. Criminals tend not to use them, because sentences are much more severe for everyone caught in a criminal enterprise if any of them has or uses a firearm - so gangs check each other before they go out on a job.

Depending on the sort of rural area, there may be rifles on the Squire's wall, but they are souvenirs from his hunting days in Africa or India rather than anything used locally.
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