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Originally posted by Flypuppy
Can you give us an example of someone who succesfully managed to get compensation for such a thing?
Xphiles and co usually trot out that one. The only thing I can think of that they have and we don't is the ability to own a gun. For every other "freedom" they have in the US, I can think of a better example in the UK or the EU. In some states, they can't even get a pint until they're 21! But, I digress.
As for gun ownership, I don't think that the UK public want guns, let alone have a need for them. Granted, they're are gun related crimes, but less than 1000 throughout the whole country in a year (with only a handful of murder's). This totals to less than 0.5% of ALL crime in the UK. It isn't anywhere near as bad as the media would have you believe.
Originally posted by Starvald
You would probably want that judge in court though if you had just taken a gun and shot the two guys dead in the street for trying to attack you all the same.