Interesting. I wonder how common these sorts of shops are and what volume of weaponry they produce. It's always strange to me that press in a lot of country identify suspects before they're...
Interesting.
I wonder how common these sorts of shops are and what volume of weaponry they produce.
It's always strange to me that press in a lot of country identify suspects before they're convicted of any wrongdoing by a court for no journalistic reason whatsoever.
In this case, it was just tacked on at the end so everyone can stalk these folks in social media and be hounded by the court of public opinion without trial.
(I'm not saying these guys aren't responsible, but why identify them once that's an established fact, or there's a journalistic reason to identify them?)
Making small arms is not all that complicated, DIY Kits are readily available for hobbyists here in the US, so I would assume if they were able to get ahold of the right equipment it would be...
Making small arms is not all that complicated, DIY Kits are readily available for hobbyists here in the US, so I would assume if they were able to get ahold of the right equipment it would be fairly straight forward. I would also guess that it is easier to get ahold of steel and milling equipment than actually illegally importing firearms. Although I think gunpowder and brass is regulated in the UK so that may be an issue. I doubt any of those weapons would be any sort of safe (unless they do have some formal training).
I agree, mainly because of how trial by media works. Even if they one of them is found innocent, his reputation has now be sullied in the court of public opinion and that can be very hard to recover from.
I am a pretty big advocate for not releasing names of criminals in the media.
Nothing more would be needed other than 'a caucasian man, 30, of Littlehampton'. We have no real reason to know their identity. Here in the US it's an even bigger issue because giving criminals, often mass shooters, their 15 mins on the news is exactly what they want.
Interesting.
I wonder how common these sorts of shops are and what volume of weaponry they produce.
It's always strange to me that press in a lot of country identify suspects before they're convicted of any wrongdoing by a court for no journalistic reason whatsoever.
In this case, it was just tacked on at the end so everyone can stalk these folks in social media and be hounded by the court of public opinion without trial.
(I'm not saying these guys aren't responsible, but why identify them once that's an established fact, or there's a journalistic reason to identify them?)
Making small arms is not all that complicated, DIY Kits are readily available for hobbyists here in the US, so I would assume if they were able to get ahold of the right equipment it would be fairly straight forward. I would also guess that it is easier to get ahold of steel and milling equipment than actually illegally importing firearms. Although I think gunpowder and brass is regulated in the UK so that may be an issue. I doubt any of those weapons would be any sort of safe (unless they do have some formal training).
I agree, mainly because of how trial by media works. Even if they one of them is found innocent, his reputation has now be sullied in the court of public opinion and that can be very hard to recover from.
I am a pretty big advocate for not releasing names of criminals in the media.
Nothing more would be needed other than 'a caucasian man, 30, of Littlehampton'. We have no real reason to know their identity. Here in the US it's an even bigger issue because giving criminals, often mass shooters, their 15 mins on the news is exactly what they want.