Falcon
Well-Known Member
A while ago someone told me the following story, I am only writing what they told me, and I'm not sure whether it is true or not so here goes:
During the 1973 gun amensty an old lady walked into a police station in a rural area (I'm not sure where) and said ''please can you take my husband's gun away because he's just died'' The policeman behind the counter replied ''have you got it with you'' The old lady responded ''No, I can't move it'' The police went to the house where they found a trailer mounted 40mm Bofors gun, in perfect condition, with a clip of live ammunition in the top, ready to go. The husband had apparently maintained it in perfect, ready to fire condition ever since the end of the war, when the land had been used as an anti aircraft gun site. The person who told me the story said he did not know what happened to the gun afterwards.
I need your opinions, is this true or an urban myth? Surely the military would have wanted it back at the end of the war???
During the 1973 gun amensty an old lady walked into a police station in a rural area (I'm not sure where) and said ''please can you take my husband's gun away because he's just died'' The policeman behind the counter replied ''have you got it with you'' The old lady responded ''No, I can't move it'' The police went to the house where they found a trailer mounted 40mm Bofors gun, in perfect condition, with a clip of live ammunition in the top, ready to go. The husband had apparently maintained it in perfect, ready to fire condition ever since the end of the war, when the land had been used as an anti aircraft gun site. The person who told me the story said he did not know what happened to the gun afterwards.
I need your opinions, is this true or an urban myth? Surely the military would have wanted it back at the end of the war???