On 2009-05-10 21:39:16 +0100, "Ophelia" said:

beccabunga wrote:
How about foxes? They are an absolute pest in a London garden and the
owner is desperate. He is about to buy a rifle but so far we have
dissuaded him.

NO! Not legally anyway. You would have to use at least a .22LR and the
police would take a very dim view.

I wonder if he has the least idea how far a rifle bullet travels!
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