London's safety questioned as police resources diverted to arms fair ( Gun Show ? )

Ekklesia ^ | 3 Sep 2007

[george76]

London police will be especially over-stretched next week when up to 4,000 officers are expected to be deployed at an arms fair in east London.

The biennial fair, Defence Systems and Equipment International (DSEi), has cost the Metropolitan Police over £4 million on each of the last two occasions it has been held. Assistant Commissioner Steve House said in 2005 that DSEi was "denuding London of policing at a time of unprecedented demand".

DSEi will take place at the Excel Centre from Tuesday 11th - Friday 14th September, with over 1,200 companies expected to promote weaponry from handguns to fighter jets.

Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) spokesperson Symon Hill said: "The public will be sickened to hear that instead of tackling gun crime the police will be guarding gunrunners. This exposes the real nature of the arms trade. As well as fuelling war around the world, it is a threat to our security and a drain on our economy."

DSEi's owner Reed Elsevier is selling its arms fair business and the Prime Minister is to close the Government unit that helps to organise DSEi.

[george76]

The last one in the UK ?

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[jazusamo]

Symon Hill said: "The public will be sickened to hear that instead of tackling gun crime the police will be guarding gunrunners

LOL!

This guy sounds like the head moonbat of the anti-gun crowd in the UK.

[george76]

(CAAT) spokesperson Symon Hill sounds like a special person...

/s

[ThomasThomas]

These new guys are not as funny as Monty Pyton.

[george76]

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_bur_percap-crime-burglaries-per-capita

[weegie]

Its not a “gun show”

Its where global arms manufacturers get to gether to sell to nation-state customers.

More tanks and combat helicopters than handguns or ammo

[britemp]

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_ass_percap-crime-assaults-per-capita

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_wit_fir_percap-crime-murders-firearms-per-capita

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita

[tcostell]

If you want to see something hysterical put CAAT into a google search and see what you get. There are hundreds of groups with the same initials, and this fool’s group is WAY down the list.

[El Gato]

Defence Systems and Equipment International Exhibition

Doesn't sound much like a gun show..at least not the sort we are used to here. This one might be showing small arms, but also likely fighter aircraft, helicopters, maybe ship's systems, artillery, tanks and anti-tank weapons.

Here's a link to the exhibition

Some pics from the site

Now that's a "gun show" I'd like to be take home a nice new "toy" from.