29erUK (sj@c1944.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 6 Dec 1999 20:47:53 +0000
In message <00a801bf3ed0$d05def80$In message <00a801bf3ed0$d05def80$dd93d23f@hp-customer>, Roger Fuller
<fullerfamily@sprintmail.com> writes
>
>A propos of nothing, did the UK govt. ever compensate anybody for their
>confiscated private property (firearms)?
Yes, after a fashion. I received my payment, (for a .44 Magnum) 50
pounds less than the official valuation, three years later.
" A day late and a Dollar short"
I believe in Australia, payment was made over the counter by the Police
at the time of surrender; although to a fixed rate with no right of
appeal.
-- Stuart K Jarman 29th US infantry Division WWII reenactors (UK)
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