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Shockingly, there are more guns in the U.S. than people. And as a new book illustrates, some firearms enthusiasts have entire arsenals
daily mail ^
Posted on 05/27/2021 6:49:50 PM PDT by algore
America's baffling but lethal love affair with guns goes from strength to strength. New figures show 2020 was the deadliest gun violence year in decades.
At the same time, Americans are buying guns in record numbers, while Texas lawmakers this week became the latest to vote to allow people to carry handguns without either a licence, background check or any training.
The British response is traditionally to sigh in weary bewilderment and just be glad that such a terrifying arms race doesn't exist in the UK. And yet there's reason to be alarmed.
British police report that a growing number of firearms bought legally in U.S. gun shops are finding their way illegally to the UK, where they are being used by criminals who remove their serial numbers to make tracing them far harder.
Between 2017 and 2020 nearly 900 illegal weapons seized in Britain originated in the U.S., and officials fear that gangs can increasingly turn from knives to guns.
Last weekend, Black Lives Matter activist Sasha Johnson was shot in the head at a London party. She was treated for her critical injuries in hospital
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: banglist; blm; freedom; guns; sashajohnson; texas
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Lots of shocking and gratuitous pictures of ammosexuals and the guns they love...
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:49:50 PM PDT
by
algore
To: algore
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:51:39 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(The best things in life aren't things.)
To: algore
I dont have any, I just have a finger gun, it goes bang
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:52:38 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: algore; Army Air Corps; GOPsterinMA
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:53:41 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
To: algore
There are more chickens in the world than there are humans.
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:54:05 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: Secret Agent Man
The author needs to have some range time to not be so "baffled".
Think of shooting firearms a high speed bowling or golf, and a LOT more fun.
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:54:33 PM PDT
by
Mogger
To: algore
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:54:39 PM PDT
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: algore
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:54:56 PM PDT
by
ptsal
(Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
America's baffling but lethal love affair with guns Freedom
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:56:18 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: algore
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:57:00 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(Just because I coughed on you does not mean that I have covid. It means that we have covid. )
To: algore
Lookit those Brits and Canucks wetting themselves over peoples’ collections.
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:57:12 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
More humans have been killed by Ted Kennedy than by any of those depicted in the linked article.
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:58:26 PM PDT
by
Sgt_Schultze
(When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
To: algore
I’d be more worried about the export of BLM trash to England than the export of guns.
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posted on
05/27/2021 6:58:55 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: algore
The stupid, woke Limeys dumped all our (lend/lease) firearms into the Channel at the end of WWII.
Those were heirlooms we lent them...gone forever. Took us this long to rebuild our stocks.
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posted on
05/27/2021 7:00:48 PM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: algore
I’m sure the reason guns find their way anywhere from the US is because so many of them are made here.
To: piasa
Well...one necessitates the other!
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posted on
05/27/2021 7:01:23 PM PDT
by
gr8eman
(The "R" next to Snake Plisken's name stands for "Retired")
To: algore
The British response is traditionally to sigh in weary bewilderment and just be glad, Allah be praised, that such a terrifying arms race doesn't exist in the People's Democratic Republic of the UK.
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posted on
05/27/2021 7:03:10 PM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: algore
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posted on
05/27/2021 7:03:11 PM PDT
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
To: algore
Now the Brits are getting on the anti 2A bandwagon. Do you think that they are getting some input and encouragement from this side of the pond?
That question is rhetorical as we all know the answer.
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posted on
05/27/2021 7:04:27 PM PDT
by
certrtwngnut
(4- Do something,,,,even if it's wrong.)
To: Noumenon
These folks put me to shame! I definately have some catching up to do!
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posted on
05/27/2021 7:04:46 PM PDT
by
absalom01
(You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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