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Originally posted by auraelium
Great post, Many people in the anti-gun brigade are using Britain as an example of how gun control works,but gun control hasnt worked in Britain in fact its arguable that it has turned Britain into one of the most dangerous countrys in Europe.
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Originally posted by auraelium
Great post, Many people in the anti-gun brigade are using Britain as an example of how gun control works,but gun control hasnt worked in Britain in fact its arguable that it has turned Britain into one of the most dangerous countrys in Europe.
www.dailymail.co.uk...edit on 27-12-2012 by auraelium because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by SecretFace
reply to post by LittleBlackEagle
I am totally for guns for defence, really I am. However, only for home defence. If someone obtains entry in to your property with ill intention, you should have every right to use all and every means necessary to neurtralise the intruder, including the discharge of firearms. I'm not for guns being carried by the general public in Britain, honestly, you Americans, even the youth seem far more respectful than the youth and certain section of adults here in Britain. You might have trailer trash and ghettos with drive by shootings and what not, but here, if we had guns in general circulation, half the population would be dead already, most probably at thier own hands. So guns being legal in that sense, here in Britain, no way, not until, again, attitudes change, but definately for home defence.
Originally posted by SecretFace
reply to post by LittleBlackEagle
I am totally for guns for defence, really I am. However, only for home defence. If someone obtains entry in to your property with ill intention, you should have every right to use all and every means necessary to neurtralise the intruder, including the discharge of firearms. I'm not for guns being carried by the general public in Britain, honestly, you Americans, even the youth seem far more respectful than the youth and certain section of adults here in Britain. You might have trailer trash and ghettos with drive by shootings and what not, but here, if we had guns in general circulation, half the population would be dead already, most probably at thier own hands. So guns being legal in that sense, here in Britain, no way, not until, again, attitudes change, but definately for home defence.
Originally posted by SecretFace
To me gun control is not yes and no, its never yes and no, they want you to believe its yes and no because its no different from friend and foe, that's how TPTB want it, that's how they've always wanted it, its clean cut, you're with us or against us.
It's once again dividing a nation in order to mask over the issues and problems that they themselves have helped to create. I hope that everyone can look at gun control as an opportunity to look at oneself, if we can all look at ourselves and open our minds to what life is and what it means to live, that in itself could unify a road, a block, a town, a city, a nation.
We don’t just owe it to those who have died needlessly at the hands of gunmen, but we owe it to those who will die needlessly at the hands of gunmen
Originally posted by cripmeister
reply to post by SecretFace
No instances of people going nuts with firearms in Switzerland eh? What about the Zug massacre in 2001? Fourteen innocent people shot dead by a lunatic with an assault rifle.
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