Did she then ask for the Holy Hand Grenade from Brother Maynard?

Nice! Pity she didnt have the stones to go an actual frontline where her soliders commit war crimes in her name.

“Suck ya dad!”

This just have been on a Sunday….. a Bloody Sunday

God the L85 rifle was such a pice of shit.

kid Tested, mother Approved

Ahhhh that song perfectly encapsulates the frustrations of a Sunday!

Never forget Queen Elizabeth's father, King George VI, actually practiced with Tommy Guns and other weaponry in World War II. He was ready to fight alongside the British army if the Nazis landed on the Isles and tried to take London. No matter what you may think of that family in recent years, that father-daughter duo was something else.

Lizard

Before PC police

One is here to kick ass and chew bubblegum.

Find You An Officer That Look At You the Way HMS Does

Got more balls than 50% of American men... e.i. democrats.

Dumbest comment in the thread, there's no award.

What’s the jig the rifle is bolted in to for… Calibrating the scope?

Literally just for her to use and see as a demonstration.

I guess it would be improper and too informal to allow the queen to handle the weapon and conduct a shoot fully.

I thought that also, I wouldn’t expect to see the queen of England firing a SA80 from the shoulder… I was mostly wondering if the jigs original design purpose was for setting the scope, it looks like it could be very useful for that if not.

"Eat lead, NAZI scum!"

And how does a firearm give you “balls”?? IMO, men who think that a firearm somehow bolsters their masculinity are actually little tiny cowards.

“That will show those damned swans! Now, let’s eat!”

Unfortunately, his brother, the previous king, was a nazi. He had an understanding with Hitler, that he would be placed back on the throne as a puppet ruler, with his American wife as queen, when the Germans conquered Britain. The British government had to exile him to the Bahamas, with a comfy job of course, and keep him under round the clock surveillance.

It's because they conflate "having balls" to, being a giant nerd for murder machines.

At least giant nerds for things like funco pop toys or anime can't murder multiple people in a manner of minutes with said funco pop toy or anime.

...and one finds oneself absent bubblegum at the moment.

I assumed it was to absorb recoil. The Queen must be terribly frail at this point. No sense breaking her arm, or having the gun veer off target and hit something or someone.

I guess this is how they got all the diamonds and jewels from those third world countries…

Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three.

General health and safety and security reasons sure. But let's not forget at this age, she was still actively hunting (Guessing this is about mid 80s when the rifle was first fielded)

Ah, I hadn't considered that. Good point. 👍

PC police chiming in

Or you know, people just trying to not be under her oppressive boot heel.

My guess is you scream when you see a spider in the bathtub.

What an intelligent, well thought-out response.

She was a killer queen

Wait till he finds out where her family hails from.

But I'm right.

Forreal

Thank goodness, Mauser (re-named Heckler & Koch) stepped in to save the L85!

No. You’re a little gun-toting coward who thinks he’s a real man.