14 Years for keeping a sawn-off under your kids bed?

[bitchstewie]

I don't know if I'm thinking 14 years is too much or the amount of time you seem to do for far worse is too little but it did seem a long time assuming there's not something not being reported?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4006174/Mo...

[bitchstewie]

La Liga said:

She wasn't just keeping it, the offence requires proof the possessor intends life to be endangered, although it is sufficient if the intent is that the firearms or ammunition should be used in a manner which endangers life as and when the occasion requires.

Pedant question but.. from your experience is there ever a circumstance where someone could keep a sawn off and not intend life to be endangered i.e. is there a circumstance in which the sentence could be less?

[bitchstewie]

Thanks, good explanation I'm not sure I'd say sinister but it's not something you'd have down as something grandad kept after the war, used to shoot rats etc. it's something that I personally can think of no rational reason for.

Anyway, in simple terms it's 14 years because she knew the person she was keeping it for would use it to do something bad when they collected it (vs. shooting rats)?

[bitchstewie]

I wish I'd never mentioned rats.