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UK:Children 'feel safer' if they are carrying a weapon, study claims
DailyMail.Co.UK ^
| 7/08/2008
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 07/08/2008 7:39:04 PM PDT by Oyarsa
Alarming numbers of children feel safer in the street when carrying knives or guns, Government inspectors warned today.
A top-level report found that many children were still "very worried" about being bullied and were afraid of being on their own in public areas.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bang; children; guncontrol; guns; madivan; psychology; study; wideawakes
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posted on
07/08/2008 7:39:04 PM PDT
by
Oyarsa
To: Oyarsa
With all the Muzzies around, I’d feel safer with a weapon, too.
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posted on
07/08/2008 7:40:00 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(If Islam conquers the world, the Earth will be at peace because the human race will be killed off.)
To: Oyarsa
Adults do too.
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posted on
07/08/2008 7:43:48 PM PDT
by
Ratblaster
( Obama's house, Rezko's yard)
To: Ratblaster
Given enough money, these guys might be able to discover gambling in Vegas.
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posted on
07/08/2008 7:45:31 PM PDT
by
Dutch Boy
To: Oyarsa
I do too. So what’s the problem?
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posted on
07/08/2008 7:48:53 PM PDT
by
ottbmare
To: Oyarsa
knives and/or guns? ....in Britain? ....for protection.
...
are they "subjects" / Mice or Men? 
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posted on
07/08/2008 7:50:05 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(If you aren't "advancing" your arguments,your losing "the battle of Ideas"...libs,hates the facts 8^)
To: ottbmare
No problem, Ottbmare. Just confirmation of common sense at the expense of British tax dollars. :-)
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posted on
07/08/2008 7:51:14 PM PDT
by
Oyarsa
To: Oyarsa
Alarming numbers of children feel safer in the street when carrying knives or guns, Government inspectors warned today. Come again?
How do "children" get access to "guns" in a nation where "gun" ownership is illegal?
Not even the police are allowed to carry "guns" in the UK.
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posted on
07/08/2008 7:56:01 PM PDT
by
KayEyeDoubleDee
(const Tag &referenceToConstTag)
To: KayEyeDoubleDee
Only the “tourist police” the bobbies don’t openly carry weapons. Some carry concealed. The rest of the police are armed.
I know I always feel more secure when armed.
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posted on
07/08/2008 8:04:36 PM PDT
by
donmeaker
(You may not be interested in War but War is interested in you.)
To: Oyarsa
the funniest thing i’ve seen in recent memory was an AP photo of a london cop doing crowd control. he was wearing a solid-looking kevlar vest but carried no visible weapon of any kind, not even a baton. made you wonder if he was issued that based on him being a danger to himself.
To: donmeaker
If British children (and we have to ask what is meant by children) are afraid of being bullied (by whom?) and don't feel safe in their own public areas, it sounds as if government has been negligent and failed badly in its responsibilities. All in the name of political correctness.
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posted on
07/08/2008 8:29:06 PM PDT
by
ArmyTeach
(If you don't like your middle name, that's your problem.)
To: Oyarsa
So..... how did the Wide Awakes work out for you?
To: Oyarsa
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posted on
07/08/2008 9:01:54 PM PDT
by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: KayEyeDoubleDee
That is an excellent question, but neither I nor the author of the article (apparently) have the answer.
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posted on
07/08/2008 10:52:59 PM PDT
by
Oyarsa
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