Re 48

That’s nonsense – even by your abysmal standards

Which part – your abysmal reply just paints the whole post without actually pointing out which part does not fit with your narrow world view, but let us examine it anyway.

Does this case involve weapons and a convicted killer? Yes. As I said, manslaughter is still a killing conviction, and there was a weapon involved.
Does Martin have previous? Of course – hence the interest in this event.
Did he make claims about possession of a weapon? That was what got the police involved and what was confiscated from him. Whether he was forbidden from possessing an air weapon (possibly not in working order – who knows?) as part of his conviction I do not know, but he has had an illegal weapon in the past.
Should he have been detained? No. Of course not… The police should never have followed up on the report and should have left him in peace. After all, it’s not like he has a history of involvement with guns or of using them in an illegal manner, is it?
John’s dream world? Ah, maybe this is the nonsense he is abysmally referring to…