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I was replying to Stoner.
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WWJR - I was listening to a brief radio piece the other day interviewing some people from that northern town where BNP have got a foothold. Quite terrifying.
Oh, sorry. It's early. I should still be asleep.
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I used to be stridently gun control when I was younger, but I'm not so sure anymore...
[i]so much more to fullbore than just good position and breathing control.[/i]
So many jokes, so little time.
MrNutt, There is a smallbore range in Potterne, just outsize Devizes. Probably a good place to enquire about full bore.
"I used to be stridently gun control when I was younger, but I'm not so sure anymore...
no we need gun control. just not the way the government/home office see it.
they have failed to control gun crime that uses illegal weapons yet penalise the legitimate gun owner who poses little threat to the public. there have been 2 horrific incidents in the last 25 years involving high numbers of fatalities these aside you get a fatality once a year involving legally held firearms some of these are accidents some intentional (oddly the same number of fatalities caused by cyclists) yet people are being shot at nearly every day in inner cities with weapons that are smuggled into the country from europe.it's another government policy failure.
Yeah, but by definition the illegal guns are unregistered, so how do you crack down/control on their use?
they have failed to control gun crime
I do disagree - gun crime here is low compared to some other countries. Mainly because guns are really pretty scarce.
Lots of crimes in the US are committed with legally owned firearms.
Yeah, but by definition the illegal guns are unregistered, so how do you crack down/control on their use?
better policing? stricter controls for eastern european imports?
I do disagree - gun crime here is low compared to some other countries. Mainly because guns are really pretty scarce.Lots of crimes in the US are committed with legally owned firearms.
gun crime is increasing
[i]Detectives in London say that the illegal importation of guns started after the end of the Bosnia conflict and that they are changing hands for as little as £200. During the 10 months to January 31, there were 939 crimes involving firearms in the Metropolitan Police area compared with 322 in the 10 months to the end of January, 2001 - an almost three-fold increase.[/i]
old news but it hasn't gone down since then. i'm not interested in comparing to the U.S. this is the U.K. and illegal gun crime is on the increase and it's down to government policy to change that.
stopping legal fieldsports/target shooting isn't going to achieve this.
i'm not looking for re-election or a cushy diretorship after serving in a corrupt government so i'm not going to spin you any 'policy' that's going to promise utopia, it's up to ministers to come up with the answers that's why they pay themselves so much.