Whoa, careful, John. It's against the law to shoot seagulls even if you had a gun. I think you would have to get a licence if they were a real nuisance. They can be a nuisance in seaside towns, but, after all, we 've taken most of the fish they would normally eat. Bit like the Somali fishermen turned 'pirate' in a way.
Odd word, 'gull'. From Cornish, it seems, replacing OE 'sea-mew' (as in the Patrick Spens ballad 'from inch and rock the sea-mews fly'). Literal translation of the Cornish is 'wailer'.
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