It looks as though it is now fully “Lemming-Time” in the UK.
What with the new report about the City of Liverpool employing fully kitted UAV’s on their own citizens, and now this
When police spotted a gun-wielding suspect lurking in the shadows of a suburban front room, their response was swift.
Armed officers burst into the house, shouted at the owner to lie on the floor, and ordered him to surrender his weapon.
But efficiency turned to embarrassment when the “gunman” turned out to be a life-sized model of the video game character Lara Croft, complete with trademark outsized pistols.
Hit the link for the pic of the statue.
You’d think that since the “gun-weilding suspect lurking in the shadows” didn’t move for 12 hours or so, that they’d have figured this one out before smashing the door. I guess the constabulary wants to make sure everyone “feels” safe.
I found this at Right Thoughts, and I’m giving the same disclaimer Jim K did: This is out of the Daily Mail and could be complete horse shit. But if it is true, then this last bit is very scary
…Mr Williams was taken to the cells and held for more than 13 hours before being released.
He is now on bail for a suspected firearms offence, and Lara Croft remains impounded as evidence.
Exactly what kind of firearms offense is he being charged with? Is it now illegal to posses a statue bearing pistols? If they are successful in passing their knife and sword ban, with any and all “people of noble birth” (aka Titled Folk) have to turn in the family heirlooms?
It was a safer raid for the police. Plus how else could they get a Laura Croft statue for the stationhouse?