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In England, the sawn off shotgun was most often found in the hands of criminals, and exactly for the reasons above - it can be concealed and it can be fabricated from readily available legal firearms - the side by side or less commonly the over and under double barrelled shotguns used for game hunting could be converted for robbery and intimidation. The key point being that ammo can be procured semi-legally.
More recently, handguns from eastern Europe and the US are becoming more common, and so sawn off shotguns are out of fashion.
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The Echo of a distant time
Comes willowing across the sand;
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