[David Hunter]

It's simply shameful that in an increasingly dangerous world, the British have decided that the law-abiding citizens should be defenseless. That the British people continue to tolerate it is puzzling.

What has happened here is shameful and you can be sure that myself and many of my associates at Free Britannia will be writing some very frank letters to Andrew Dismore MP after his disgraceful behaviour. Most British people supported this law change and its just typical that this incident has received so little publicity from the leftist BBC.

The right to own firearms is a different issue to the subject of the article of course. Most people in Britain who are against the private ownership of firearms are profoundly ignorant about them and regrettably this trait is shared by most MPs. I very much support a right for householders to possess firearms for the purpose of self-defence in their homes. Unfortunately, this opinion would be regarded by most Britons as highly controversial.

[Dog Gone]

Yes, the issue of self-defense in Britain and the issue of firearms must be treated separately there. Even among conservatives in your country, possession of handguns by homeowners would be shocking, something like possession of hand grenades or anti-tank weapons by homeowners here.

We have the same debate in America about self-defense as Britain does, and the various states have wildly different standards as to how much force can be used and under what circumstances.

But even in the most liberal states in America, the amount of force allowed is higher than what you may use.