During WWII, thousands of these pistols were air-dropped in England and Nazi-occupied Europe, where the citizens were helpless to resist the German invaders.
There was also a program in which Americans voluntarily donated their private firearms to be sent to England, to help the Brits resist the expected Nazi invasion. (Never got any of them back, either!)
The Brits wouldn't surrender in 1939-1945, and we admired their pluck.
Once, Winston Churchill declared "We will fight them on the beaches ..."
Once, the Brits proudly proclaimed that "The Sun Never sets on the British Empire!"
Today there is no British Empire and no British "pluck". The sun has set.
It's sad, but perhaps inevitable, that men get old and "can't get it up anymore".
It's even worse when an entire culture deteriorates so pitifully.
The first national firearms surrender in England and Wales in years has produced a treasure trove of antique weapons to include a famous WWII-era “gun to get a gun.”
The two-week amnesty, coordinated by the National Ballistics Intelligence Service, allowed gun owners to turn in firearms, ammunition and gun-like items to police without fear of penalties or punishment. One of the more interesting items coughed up was an FP-45 Liberator pistol handed in at the Folkestone police station last week as reported by Kent Police.
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