This is a personal lesson i learnt today, 07 11 06.....i have just finished an interview, with an extremly pleasant member of the police firearms Division, who was directed to an item i have for sale on ebay....
The german S mine I was selling had appeared on a number of ebay listings recently, and completed their auctions...I there for felt these items were OK to list.....but apparently not!!!...the mines law and legislation 1998, make any form of ordinence like this illegal to sell, own or buy....and although this mine was totally inert, and made 100% safe, it still could be illegal...the Police have taken the mine away for inspection, and i have been informed that if it does not breach any laws it will be returned to me....but is listing such an item, worth the risk in future...NO, and even if i do have it back, it will not be listed on ebay again........
there is a sobering message there for all who deal in these items, and who own any form of ordinence...the laws have become more stringant, and have changed dramatically over the past 8 or so years, so something you had before this, that was legal, could infact now be illegal.....You must check precisly how laws effect any item you may have, and many items can be researched on most search enigines, ie google, or yahoo....
I was totally un- aware that i could possibly be breaching any laws, and the items initially brought via ebay, was illegal to export from Germany, inert or not...I was not aware of those rules either....so in effect, be careful what you buy, and if something is live...when you recieve it, drop it into a bucket of either water, or sand...do NOT mess with it, or try to remove any parts, once its out the way of people and pets, and as safe as can be, call the Police....you can't get into trouble for ignorance, but there is only a certain ammount of ignorance before it becomes cover up...
Do not risk your liberty for a collectable, that could also be deadly. Even items purchased at fairs, or museums, or from freinds...always check they are legal, and allowed..you could lose your liberty, worse still you could lose a limb or your life....but heaven forbid you could lose your ebay account...OH no!!!!!!...a bit of dry enlish humour there...be careful folks, it just is not worth it
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