Gold & Silver Forum - more guns in the UK

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Originally Posted by meatman (Post 1494873)

make sure you page down and read the comments

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2656875.stm

Un-freaking-believable.

What a bunch of soft cocks.

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As a mother, an expat and most relevantly a resident of Dunblane when Thomas Hamilton took his legally held weapons into our school, this academic is just wrong! I recently spent four weeks ducking and diving my way around my neighbourhood in fear of a sniper. As much as I tried to shelter my eight-year-old, the stress of this experience cannot be measured. Guns have no place in civilised society, find some other solution!
M, Washington,DC, USA

But random stabbings are fine? The DC Sniper was a maniac. The tool was irrelevant.

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I'm an expat living in Singapore - here there is mandatory death penalty for anyone in possession of a gun. The Police are armed and appear to have a no-nonsense policy. Even with the recent terrorist threats here I've never felt safer. I don't want to live in a country that needs me to carry a gun.
Chris Shaw, Singapore

Fine. But I hazard a guess that any criminal with a firearm isn't going to allow themselves to be taken alive. After all they know the score

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California has 12m fewer people than the UK but gun crime is 18 times what it is here. The professor's assertions are the kind of empty-headed nonsense that the American gun lobby has been touting for years. The facts and figures tell the true story.
Robert, UK

You mention gun crime Robert. How about violent crime?

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The stats tell the real story: there are more legal guns in the US and there are more murders. That's all we need to know.
Alex, UK

Interesting logical process there Alex. There are also more people in the US.

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Perhaps Prof Malcolm should address her comments to the parents of a six-year-old who has just accidentally shot dead her younger brother. This "independent" academic is part of a large and powerful industry determined to continue the trade in weapons that have no purpose other than killing human beings. With this anti-life attitude Americans struggle for my sympathy.
Karl Upston-Hooper, New Zealand

Maybe the parents need a kick in the arse and some serious jail time for not properly securing the firearm. This REALLY pisses me off. My guns are secured when not in use and I don't have any kids. These people with kids that don't secure their guns should be publicly flogged. That aside - New Zealand has very liberal gun laws. NZ police as a general rule do not go around armed (I believe they have firearms in the boot of their cars but I can't say for sure). This is in a country with a large gang problem, liberal gun laws and an indigenous population that was the only one to defeat the British Army.

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The author compares the mugging rate of London and New York, why didn't she mention the billions of dollars New York has put into hiring more police officers, because this would weaken her argument. If this argument is taken seriously then we have learned nothing from history, in history I mean Columbine High School. Does Britain want its own Columbine?
Kashef, Canada

Canada allows people to own guns. Does Canada want its own Columbine? Sheesh

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I have no problem with responsible gun ownership, but lets face it, most people are not responsible enough to own and operate a gun in safety. Gun ownership is not necessary in a society that informs on criminals and helps the police to root out crime in the neighbourhoods.
Greg, Canada

Then take the guns off those that are irresponsible! I went out hunting with some jerks that liked to mix alcohol with driving and shooting. I packed my guns and tent up and went home. Also Greg, let's hope that they don't outlaw crybabies in Canada as you'd be rooted by the police :wink: