Post by Sailor on Aug 13, 2011 10:41:04 GMT -8
UK Mayhem Leaves Disarmed Citizens at the Mercy of Criminals
Friday, August 12, 2011
By now you have seen the headlines and images of destruction: the rioting, looting, violent assaults, and arson. London and other UK cities look like war zones and their citizens are afraid to venture out, because the danger is very real. It's a view of the temporary breakdown of society. It is gut check time; a time when the concept of being able to defend oneself gives way to the stark reality that few viable options to do so exist.
Gun laws in the UK are among the most restrictive in the world. In March of 1996, a deranged man walked into a school in Dunblane, Scotland and killed 16 children and one teacher. In the aftermath of this tragedy, British politicians sought to reduce violent crime by enacting a ban on all handguns. Handgun owners were given a February 1998 deadline to turn in their firearms--and they did. The UK was supposed to become a much safer place--but dramatic increases in crime following the gun ban proved it didn't.
A July 3, 2009, Daily Mail article reported that "Britain's violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European Union, it has been revealed. Official crime figures show the U.K. also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa."
More here:
www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=7025
A couple of days prior to the THC shutdown "Harold" expressed a wish that the law abiding there could obtain firearms for self defense. Harold is a subject of the Crown over there where the ability of the law abiding to meet deadly force with deadly force if necessary has been stripped from them. Preditors there still can obtain handguns as we've seen repeatedly.
Australia has similar problems where even the ranchers have real trouble in obtaining or keeping long guns to defend their stock vs four and two legged preditors. Even though we don't see a lot of reporting in the media I surmise two legged armed preditors are a problem in the population centers as well.
I would guess that at least half of the legal firearms in this country would "vanish" if there was any attempt by the government to disarm us.
I won't tell you what I'd do and I won't suggest you hide yours either. I'm simply glad Virginia Beach doesn't have a firearms registration requirement like they do in Northern Virginia.
Friday, August 12, 2011
By now you have seen the headlines and images of destruction: the rioting, looting, violent assaults, and arson. London and other UK cities look like war zones and their citizens are afraid to venture out, because the danger is very real. It's a view of the temporary breakdown of society. It is gut check time; a time when the concept of being able to defend oneself gives way to the stark reality that few viable options to do so exist.
Gun laws in the UK are among the most restrictive in the world. In March of 1996, a deranged man walked into a school in Dunblane, Scotland and killed 16 children and one teacher. In the aftermath of this tragedy, British politicians sought to reduce violent crime by enacting a ban on all handguns. Handgun owners were given a February 1998 deadline to turn in their firearms--and they did. The UK was supposed to become a much safer place--but dramatic increases in crime following the gun ban proved it didn't.
A July 3, 2009, Daily Mail article reported that "Britain's violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European Union, it has been revealed. Official crime figures show the U.K. also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa."
More here:
www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=7025
A couple of days prior to the THC shutdown "Harold" expressed a wish that the law abiding there could obtain firearms for self defense. Harold is a subject of the Crown over there where the ability of the law abiding to meet deadly force with deadly force if necessary has been stripped from them. Preditors there still can obtain handguns as we've seen repeatedly.
Australia has similar problems where even the ranchers have real trouble in obtaining or keeping long guns to defend their stock vs four and two legged preditors. Even though we don't see a lot of reporting in the media I surmise two legged armed preditors are a problem in the population centers as well.
I would guess that at least half of the legal firearms in this country would "vanish" if there was any attempt by the government to disarm us.
I won't tell you what I'd do and I won't suggest you hide yours either. I'm simply glad Virginia Beach doesn't have a firearms registration requirement like they do in Northern Virginia.