UKTerrorist

'Concern' over AK47 prize

Posted by Fluke at 13:55 21/7/2001.

"A police association has expressed "concern" that a computer game contest is giving away a deactivated AK47 gun as a national tournament prize.

A spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers told BBC News Online that although they were worried that such a prize was being given, it was not illegal."

The event is of course the UK & Ireland National LAN Tour 2001. Don't worry though, the National LAN Tour organisers have assured the public that the rifle has been rendered "inoperable in accordance with existing legislation, to such an extent that it could never be realistically returned to an operating mechanism" and the AK47 "will only be released to a responsible adult" ...

The full story can be found here.