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Thread #74427 Message #1301633
Posted By: Peter K (Fionn)
20-Oct-04 - 09:06 AM
Thread Name: Who was Bobby Sands?
Subject: RE: Who was Bobby Sands.......
Fair points Keith, but the RUC and the B Specials (loyalist thugs legitimised by "police reserve" status) did use Brownings in the early years of the troubles. OK, still 9mm, but crazy weapons to deploy in overwhelmingly civilian environments. They were big, intimidating vehicle-mounted weapons, sometimes used with abandon, and to anyone on the wrong end of them they probably looked like "heavy calibre."
Thanks for the insight into Bobby Sands, Inobu. Almost all serious comment about him that I've heard, including from loyalists, has been favourable, except for a recurring rumour in both communities that he was a bit inclined towards domestic violence. I bever heard that from an informed source, and it may well have been no more than an urban legend.