A sign of the times indeed,yet,when i was a teenager,15 to be exact,I purchased my 1st shotgun,the legal age was 14,I can remember that day very well,how excited i was,I had saved up for nigh on a year,to get the amount i needed,£14.10shillings,
£14 was for the gun and the 10 shillings was for the licence that you got from the Post Office,
I went to my local gunshop and handed over my money and licence, for the gunsmith to see,then I had my gun,which was a BSA Snipe single barrel,
A year later i traded it in and bought a Luigi Franchi,5 shot semi automatic,yes those were the days,
now during this period 1965/6,gun crime was very rare,drive by shootings unheard of,gang slaying likewise,
But,in 1967 the law changed There was an amnesty,
then gun licence,s were obtainable from the Police,then gun crimes slowly started to increase,
aye,a sign of the time,s when,now, even having a water pistol or a spud gun could get you killed,yet in 1957 a must have toy for Christmas ,was a Round black thing,about the size of a football, with the word Bomb written in white on it,and a piece of string sticking out of it,
can you imagine what would happen now if some child was running around shouting "I,ve got a Bomb, I,ve got a Bomb"
Wullie