tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post4352973556299223734..comments2024-03-28T14:05:25.134-07:00Comments on Sacnoth's Scriptorium: Tolkien's WebleyJohn D. Rateliffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-31166051755284483752012-10-22T05:27:39.415-07:002012-10-22T05:27:39.415-07:00Also see http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/ob...Also see <a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30034679" rel="nofollow">http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30034679</a> where higher resolution photos are available. Troelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515711722551393026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-42814962178640054622012-10-16T12:12:41.189-07:002012-10-16T12:12:41.189-07:00Hi John G.
That explains a lot; thanks for the ti...Hi John G.<br /><br />That explains a lot; thanks for the timely information.<br /><br />Good to know that England has a sane gun control policy. Unlike the U.S., alas. <br /><br />--John R.John D. Rateliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12324926298336489295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239062544101975016.post-78589775559601651722012-10-13T13:00:29.476-07:002012-10-13T13:00:29.476-07:00I first heard about Tolkien's Webley from this...I first heard about Tolkien's Webley from this same 2006 Observer article; otherwise I would have mentioned it in Tolkien and the Great War, of course. My book certainly provided the accompanying information about Tolkien's war service, as Nigel Steel told me when I contacted him. But I doubt it had anything to do with the Tolkien family giving the gun to the Museum in 2004. That was probably connected with the gun amnesty launched in 2003 to give owners of such firearms the chance to hand them in before a change in the law: <br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/apr/01/ukguns.nickhopkins<br /><br />John GarthJohn Garthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00623642221099306941noreply@blogger.com