Letter: Gun move illegal
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: I am very concerned that a great injustice is about to be enacted by Parliament regarding the Firearms Amendment Bill ("Lords inflict triple defeat on Tories over guns ban", 5 February).
I must question Parliament's right to confiscate legally held property (full bore pistols) from a British subject.
Article 12 of the Bill of Rights 1689 clearly states that a person's property cannot be confiscated unless they have been convicted of a crime.
IAN SUMMERELL
Tickenham, North Somerset
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