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To: Vectorian

Bottom line Vect. Your government believes you can't be trusted with a firearm. What does that say?


160 posted on 06/28/2006 9:55:59 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: AppyPappy

'Bottom line Vect. Your government believes you can't be trusted with a firearm. What does that say?'

Bottom line Aggy - my govt trusts me with three firearms. The govt banned handguns. The country then had a general election and a party that supported the handgun ban was voted in by a huge majority. The vast majority of the British population agree with the handgun ban - if you don't like democracy, that's hard luck.

If we ever decide we want handguns, we the people can vote democratically for it. But don't hold your breath as the British are quite willing to keep handguns banned as long as it means we can have the unique freedom of an unarmed civil police force who police by consent, not by armed force. We aren't willing to swap handguns for a heavily armed paramilitary police force like the US 'enjoys'.


172 posted on 06/28/2006 10:10:08 AM PDT by Vectorian
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