UK: Deputy Chief Constable: Do not Arm Yourself, Run and Hide

Gun Watch ^ | 14 June, 2017 | Dean Weingarten

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English gun store

In the U.K., the mere idea that licensed gun owners could be considered a resource to defend against terrorist attack, is off the table.

A caller to a BBC radio show, a gun store owner and gun owner, asked Alison Hernandez, the Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner, a question.  What would be the repercussions of legal gun owners using guns to defend themselves in a terrorist attack? The Commissioner suggested that the idea should be examined. From theguardian.com:

“If there should ever be a terrorist attack, what happens if I and other people try to defend themselves using those guns? What would be the repercussions?”

Hernandez replied that it was a “a very good question” and asked the woman if she would put it in writing so that the chief constable, Shaun Sawyer, could consider it. But she then added: “This might be some of our solution to our issues.” 

The Deputy Chief Constable Paul Netherton immediately put an end to any thought such an idea should be considered. From devon-cornwall.police.uk:

The following statement is in response to an interview given today, Monday 12 June, to BBC Radio Cornwall by Police and Crime Commissioner, Alison Hernandez, where it was discussed whether or not registered firearms licence holders could be of assistance to police during a terrorist attack.

(snip)

“Under no circumstances would we want members of the public to arm themselves with firearms, not least because officers responding would not know who the offenders were, and quite obviously they would not have the time to ask.

“Our message to the public is a simple one: to run, to hide and to tell.

The Deputy Chief Constable never allows any possibility of self-defense. If self-defense with guns is seen as legitimate, the entire scheme of victim disarmament in the UK falls apart.

Consider. A gun store owner in the U.K. is not allowed to defend themselves with a gun, at least not in any planned way.  According to U.K. law, a gun may not be kept in a ready condition in order to protect against attack.  It might seem that a Jihadi attack in the U.K. countryside would be implausible.  How about an attack on a undefended gun store?

The rigorous citizen disarmament scheme in the U.K. was never about crime. It was always about fear of a revolution.

The dogma of a disarmed citizenry has become holy writ to the British governing elite.  It must never be questioned.  Anti-rights activists in the U.S. should be asked if gun shop owners should be able to defend their shop with a gun.

"Under no Circumstances" is the answer if the U.S. follows the path of British gun control.

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[Envisioning]

UK: Deputy Chief Constable: Do not Arm Yourself, Run and Hide

Good lord! I'm sorry, no sympathy here, none....

[BlueLancer]

You must not get a product which is made or adapted to cause a person injury.

Wasp spray?

[BlueLancer]

don’t cross us ; if you do, the survivors will be writing about what we did here for ten thousand years.

200 years from now, I want their children's children's children
to cower and cringe in fear whenever they hear the sounds of jet engines overhead
because their legends tell of fire from the sky.

I want them to hide in dark caves and holes in the earth,
shivering with terror whenever they hear the roar of diesel engines
because the tales of their ancestors talk about metal monsters
crawling over the earth, spitting death and destruction.

I want their mothers to be able to admonish them with
"If you don't behave, the Pale Destroyers will come for you",
and that will be enough to reduce them to quivering obedience.

I want the annihilation to be so complete that their mythology
will tell them of the day of judgment when the stern gods from across the sea
.. the powerful 'Mericans .. destroyed their forefathers' wickedness.

(Original created by BlueLancer ... 13 September 2001)

[Leaning Right]

> Wasp spray? <

What? You wanna get in trouble with the environmentalists? Better to sign up for a correspondence course in plumbing. That will give you an excuse to carry around a heavy wrench.

[BlueLancer]

"Better to sign up for a correspondence course in plumbing. That will give you an excuse to carry around a heavy wrench."

Well, during the good weather months, I carry around a gym bag (containing my catcher's mitt and mask) and a baseball bat. During colder months, I carry the bag with skates and a hockey stick.

[Uncle Sam 911]

Until the American people who own guns and bibles had enough.

[Texas Fossil]

Yes, and the B-one is capable of delivering the latter.

Awesome plane. Have seen it on night take off with full afterburner and felt the power of the vibration. Simply Awesome. And the Crews, incredible.

[Sam Gamgee]

Well, I mean come on. Just look at the descendant of the crown, Prince Charles. That has to tell you something.

[Sam Gamgee]

Well, look, I think its time they think about, oh, I don’t know, arming their street cops.

[Bonemaker]

Yeah, Capt. Planet is a real piece of work...saving the planet from global warming and all that. Trust fund idiot. May Queen Elizabeth out live him.

[Billthedrill]

But she then added: “This might be some of our solution to our issues.”

I suspect that even one instance of an armed civilian popping a jihadi with a knife might go a very long way to restoring public confidence. The conviction that the people are happier when the State has a natural monopoly on violence is something that really needs some serious reconsideration in certain quarters.