Vernon and his Rifle

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 97495

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Caius Marcius wrote:
> A question:
> > 
> > In Chap. 3 of SS/PS, in his mad flight from Little Whinging, 
Vernon 
> > disappears briefly and returns "carrying a long, thin package and 
> > didn't answer Aunt Petunia when she asked what he'd bought." 

<snip>

> Could Vernon have purchased a rifle so quickly in 
> > late 1990s Britain?
> 
> 
> Carol:
> I don't know anything about gun laws in Britain or anywhere else, 
but
> I'm pretty sure that SS/PS takes place in 1991, so gun laws could 
have
> changed between that time and 1997, the copyright date of the book.

Geoff:
This was discussed in several follow-ups to Caius' original post at 
message 97003. I commneted on the UK situation and also suggested an 
air rifle as a possibility.