any sort of effective gun control system...
is doomed before its introduction; the genie is already out of the bottle. if any gun laws required the surrender of now outlawed arms, only the law abiding would comply. the criminal fraternity would not, so many would argue they need to retain their arms to protect themselves against criminals. it's too late unfortunately, although why automatic and semi-automatic weapons were ever legal is beyond my ken. it is also too late for us (UK) to start driving on the right, which is a shit comparison, but it's all i've got.
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is doomed before its introduction; the genie is already out of the bottle. if any gun laws required the surrender of now outlawed arms, only the law abiding would comply. the criminal fraternity would not, so many would argue they need to retain their arms to protect themselves against criminals. it's too late unfortunately, although why automatic and semi-automatic weapons were ever legal is beyond my ken. it is also too late for us (UK) to start driving on the right, which is a shit comparison, but it's all i've got.
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They can keep selling guns
Just ban bullets. They'll gradually run out.
( , Sat 15 Dec 2012, 16:34, Share, Reply)
Just ban bullets. They'll gradually run out.
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How many criminals have they got?
Make possession of a fire arm a life sentence. Make having bullets in your possession the same.
Trust me, it wouldn't take too long to weed out the scum. You are talking about people who are basicaly cowards to start with. When a few of these sad fat fucks are sitting in San Quentin hoping they don't get raped, it'll drop right off.
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Make possession of a fire arm a life sentence. Make having bullets in your possession the same.
Trust me, it wouldn't take too long to weed out the scum. You are talking about people who are basicaly cowards to start with. When a few of these sad fat fucks are sitting in San Quentin hoping they don't get raped, it'll drop right off.
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It is that simple.
Who's said it isn't?
All those 'patriots'?
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Who's said it isn't?
All those 'patriots'?
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oh sorry, my mistake...
remind me, how did that war on drugs work out?
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remind me, how did that war on drugs work out?
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nothing like this?
You can't 'take' guns.
How did banning automatic weapons and hand guns work out in the UK?
Oh yeah....really fucking well.
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You can't 'take' guns.
How did banning automatic weapons and hand guns work out in the UK?
Oh yeah....really fucking well.
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oh yeah...
i remember well when the UK decided to ban outright handguns post Dunblane, even though their ownership was already extremely strictly regulated. i felt then, as i do now, that a total blanket ban was a knee-jerk over-reaction made by fools who believe that they can legislate against the dark side of human nature. it didn't work out particularly well as guess what, some people don't give a shit if is a handgun is illegal or not, and many handguns continue to be used to wound and kill, so it didn't solve the problem.
as for the banning of automatic weapons, i don't remember that, because it never fucking happened, because they were never legal in the first place.
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i remember well when the UK decided to ban outright handguns post Dunblane, even though their ownership was already extremely strictly regulated. i felt then, as i do now, that a total blanket ban was a knee-jerk over-reaction made by fools who believe that they can legislate against the dark side of human nature. it didn't work out particularly well as guess what, some people don't give a shit if is a handgun is illegal or not, and many handguns continue to be used to wound and kill, so it didn't solve the problem.
as for the banning of automatic weapons, i don't remember that, because it never fucking happened, because they were never legal in the first place.
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You wouldn't remember automatic weapons being banned
it was in 1937.
Semi-automatics went after Hungerford.
Handguns after Dunblane. As you say 'strictly regulated' but not so strictly that Thomas Hamilton couldn't own several...
How many people were shot and killed by handguns in 2011 in the UK?
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it was in 1937.
Semi-automatics went after Hungerford.
Handguns after Dunblane. As you say 'strictly regulated' but not so strictly that Thomas Hamilton couldn't own several...
How many people were shot and killed by handguns in 2011 in the UK?
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what, am i your google bitch now? don't know, don't care, going to the pub, yes banning all guns will solve everthing in a very short period of time, it is also a realistic and achievable political aim that will easily be legislated for. oh and aren't americans cunts? happy now?
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2010/11 figures reveal offences commited with handguns was at 3,105
down from its peak (since 1969) of 5,874 in 2002, yet still not below the pre 1996 average. the number of offences committed with shotguns, which happen to be legal btw, was 608.
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down from its peak (since 1969) of 5,874 in 2002, yet still not below the pre 1996 average. the number of offences committed with shotguns, which happen to be legal btw, was 608.
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Define "Hand gun crime".
If the statistics include the new offence of "posession", then of course they'll go up.
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If the statistics include the new offence of "posession", then of course they'll go up.
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the statistics do not include posession, they are crimes in which handguns were used, robbery etc
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Handguns are smaller
hence, easier to conceal, ship, sell illegally etc etc
( , Sat 15 Dec 2012, 18:38, Share, Reply)
hence, easier to conceal, ship, sell illegally etc etc
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Guns became illegal.
If you want to keep / sell an illegal item, you'll want to keep it hidden. Small things hide easy. It's in their nature.
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If you want to keep / sell an illegal item, you'll want to keep it hidden. Small things hide easy. It's in their nature.
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that doesn't explain why the use of handguns in violent crime went up though does it?
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But did the use of larger, automatic weapons and shotguns go down?
I don't have any stats, but they more than likely did, and were replaced by easier to conceal handguns. There are prob a lot of other factors at play here, if the fact that what you state is even true at all.
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I don't have any stats, but they more than likely did, and were replaced by easier to conceal handguns. There are prob a lot of other factors at play here, if the fact that what you state is even true at all.
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what larger automatic weapons?
there a lot of factors at play, which is why effective policing and education work a lot better than blanket bans.
www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn01940.pdf
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there a lot of factors at play, which is why effective policing and education work a lot better than blanket bans.
www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn01940.pdf
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I'm sorry I don't agree.
If guns are made illegal, ie hard to get hold of them, you will reduce these problems. Gun crime will still happen, it's inevitable, but making them less available helps to control them against pointless misuses (a 6 year old child finding his parents guns and shooting his brother dead for example)
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If guns are made illegal, ie hard to get hold of them, you will reduce these problems. Gun crime will still happen, it's inevitable, but making them less available helps to control them against pointless misuses (a 6 year old child finding his parents guns and shooting his brother dead for example)
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yeah because anyone who owns a firearm deserves a life sentence
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They do when they're illegal.
They've become part of the problem.
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They've become part of the problem.
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the ones you can use to kill people
or make people think they can be killed with, like a replica in a robbery etc.
Law enforcement allowed to keep theirs until such time that gun crime has dropped to a level where they don't need them.
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or make people think they can be killed with, like a replica in a robbery etc.
Law enforcement allowed to keep theirs until such time that gun crime has dropped to a level where they don't need them.
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they are just the first target
in my confectionery campaign of violence
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in my confectionery campaign of violence
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I'm suprised no government has banned that 'death by chocolate' stuff
guns don't kill people, schwarzwälder kirschtorte kills people
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guns don't kill people, schwarzwälder kirschtorte kills people
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guns don't kill people
rappers do. I seen it on a documentary on bbc2
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rappers do. I seen it on a documentary on bbc2
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no but it's one of the first things I ever learnt in German
and I think, up until this point, I have had absolutely no use for it
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and I think, up until this point, I have had absolutely no use for it
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Should all illegal things
carry a life sentence?
Might make prisons a bit expensive to run.
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carry a life sentence?
Might make prisons a bit expensive to run.
( , Sat 15 Dec 2012, 17:14, Share, Reply)
No.
But getting guns out of reach is a big mission that requires hard action.
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But getting guns out of reach is a big mission that requires hard action.
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About 7 times the European average.
If you think that's bad I suggest you don't look up a breakdown by ethnicity.
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If you think that's bad I suggest you don't look up a breakdown by ethnicity.
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i thought the guns used in this shooting were held legally.
A gun ban might not remove all guns from criminals immediately - although the number in circulation would inevitably drop over time - but it would make it a lot harder for mentally ill people to get their hands on them.
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A gun ban might not remove all guns from criminals immediately - although the number in circulation would inevitably drop over time - but it would make it a lot harder for mentally ill people to get their hands on them.
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i'm glad we have very tight gun laws in the UK, but people still get shot here quite often, plus three massacres in my lifetime. i just think that it's a change that will never come in the US for historical, cultural, political and practical reasons. any significant change is destined to fail in a similar way to prohibition, which is a shit comparison etc etc
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