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To: neverdem
We don't want any weakening of the legislation – if anything it needs to be tightened up.

How can it be tightened up beyond an outright ban?

The Government is supposed to safeguard the public, not be swayed by sportspeople." The UK-wide Gun Control Network, which replaced the Snowdrop Campaign, said it had been pressing ministers to keep the handgun ban intact. Gill Marshall-Andrews, the network's chairman, said: "We are opposed to any kind of change in the legislation, even for training purposes. Some of those who have taken up the sport are young enough to have done so since the ban was introduced, knowing that it was illegal in this country. Why should we put wider society at risk for the sake of a few sportspeople?"

Remember this when they claim to not oppose guns for sporting purposes.

10 posted on 05/06/2008 11:05:29 AM PDT by lowbridge ("I can't wait to see what he stands for." - Susan Sarandon on her support of Barack Obama)
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To: lowbridge

Why should we put wider society at risk for the sake of a few sportspeople?

Why, for that matter, should they do anything only because a minority wishes it? How many people are falsely accused of a crime in their lifetimes? Not many. Why should we do anything for them?

How many people will actually be punished for speaking out against the government in their lifetimes? Not many. Why should we do anything for them?

It’s sad when a once great nation shrinks to this level.


29 posted on 05/06/2008 12:17:45 PM PDT by sig226 (Real power is not the ability to destroy an enemy. It is the willingness to do it.)
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