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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
so by that stance, in the event of some sort of mass shooting (because criminals fail to follow gun possession laws), if the cop nearest me was killed and i picked up his gun to shoot the bad guy, I should be charged with murder because I constructively possessed a gun that didn't belong to me?
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I'm not familiar with mass shootings in the UK since the ban. Perhaps you're projecting problems here in the US onto our friendly neighbors to the north east.
Ad no, that wouldn't be murder. There may be a lesser charge in dealing with discharging a firearm, though. The UK has self defense exemptions in it's laws just like we do.