PISTOL IN PARLIAMENT
SPEAKER BECOMES UNEASY I oy pistols that are more thau toys , have attracted the notice of the British Parliament. Mr. J. H. Hayes, au ex-policeman, asked the House of Commons to read | a first time a Bill to amend the Firearms Act of 1920, so as to make it | apply to such potentially deadly wea|P' 'is as the toy revolver. Mr. Hayes illu*‘rated his argument Ity bra-■’'".hing a specimen of the “toy” before the startled faces of Ministers < ■**- This pistol, he de- ; dared, would ~end a bullet through a Jin. plank at a distance of 90ft. But the Speaker promptly protested. ‘I think there is an ancient rule against the production of any kind of arms in the House,” he remarked mildly, but eyeing the weapon suspiciously. “According to the law it is not an arm at all,” replied Mr. Hayes, “at any rate, in London. It is merely a toy weapon; and I think, sir, your proper alarm at the sight of the weapon is sufficient justification for asking the House to pass this Bill tv
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 370, 2 June 1928, Page 10
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180PISTOL IN PARLIAMENT Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 370, 2 June 1928, Page 10
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