From: G6JPG-255@255soft.uk   
      
   In message ,   
   Sharon  writes:   
   >On Friday, 6 July 2018 16:31:49 UTC+8, J. P. Gilliver (John)  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> (I presume - see my other post - you're talking about rights to use an   
   >> existing one, rather than having a new one, which as others have said,   
   >> is now mostly just a matter of the appropriate wad of cash. Though I   
   >> think there _may_ be other matters - probably citizenship?)   
   >> []   
   >Actually I was interested in what they required as proof, I am not   
   >wanting arms :)   
      
   You might have them, from one of your lines, whether you want them or   
   not! (Interesting question, can the right _be_ given up?)   
      
   Cause of potential confusion there - some USAnians are very protective   
   of their "right to bear arms"! [What I think of as the short-sleeves   
   rule ... (-:]   
      
   And does this make the College of Arms - or those who offer to mediate   
   with them - arms dealers!   
   --   
   J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf   
      
   "Grammar is there to help, not hinder."   
     -- Mark Wallace, APIHNA, 2nd December 2000 (quoted by John Flynn 2000-12-6)   
      
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