Guns under pillows in crime-wave Britain

Reuters ^ | 3/26/02 | Reuters

[Psycho_Bunny]

"and nearly half would be prepared to kill in order to protect their family," the firm said."

Not even half? WTF is wrong with these people?

Why'd we bother saving them in WWII?

[RetiredArmy]

Pretty neat that the Brits sleep with a baseball bat and they don't even play baseball!!! Must be a cricket mallet.

[Da_Shrimp]

Pretty neat that the Brits sleep with a baseball bat and they don't even play baseball!!!

Sports shops sell baseball bats here... though they're more often used as clubs than for hitting baseballs, I reckon.

Must be a cricket mallet.

Cricket bat. ;-)

[junta]

GP100 bump

[Boss_Jim_Gettys]

I thought pillow ownership was against the law in Britain.

[uncbob]

Hey where is MADIVAN ?

He thinks Americans that value their gun ownership are strange

[Johassen]

That's why the survey result was coincidentally similar to the number of registered guns . . .

[Clemenza]

I thought pillow ownership was against the law in Britain.

But Pillow Biting by Englishmen is fairly widespread.

Flame away.

[Da_Shrimp]

That's why the survey result was coincidentally similar to the number of registered guns . . .

You could be right.

Look, I've really, seriously considered owning a gun, since I live in a ground floor flat in London and have a wife to protect. The main problem is you need to get in touch with some often seriously crim types to get one.

As it is, I have a pistol crossbow, swords (OK, I do historical re-enactment, I admit) and a musket (though I'd probably have to tell the intruder to wait while I loded the latter) in the house

[Da_Shrimp]

But Pillow Biting by Englishmen is fairly widespread.

Almost as widespread as rug-munching by American Liberal dykes ;-)

[Clemenza]

Almost as widespread as rug-munching by American Liberal dykes ;-)

True, we seem to have more lesbos than the UK.

[Ajnin]

I was going to post the same thing. It's unbelievable. What cowards.

[Da_Shrimp]

I was going to post the same thing. It's unbelievable. What cowards.

Depends how the question was put, I guess. No clue in the article. Would 100% of Americans answer in the positive? If the question had been 'Would you kill to defend your family', which is what you naysayers seem to be implying, I suppose the answer would have been much higher.

[Da_Shrimp]

Oops, my mistake, just re-read it. An odd result: as far as I'm concerned the answer would be 100% 'yes' if that was the only choice left to me.

[Ajnin]

In close quarters I would think a sword would be quite effective. I have several firearms, however I also rely on a few knives for protection as well. A friend of mine told me about an incident in which a samaurai sword collector chopped off the gun hand of an intruder in his house. The intruder bled all over the man's fine carpet as he called the police. The collector sued for the damages to his carpet and won.

[Ajnin]

I didn't mean to imply Briton as a whole is cowardly. Just those who choose not to defend their families. I'm sure there are a substantial amount of Americans that would answer in the same manner.

[Da_Shrimp]

I didn't mean to imply Briton as a whole is cowardly.

Hey, that's OK, I understand that! I must say, though, I don't personally know anyone who wouldn't be prepared to drop someone if they were threatening their wife/kids. Seems like a natural human reaction to me. I suppose you could go for a disabling shot/strike if you had time: depends on the situation!

[Destructor]

It seems "Tommy" is singing soprano these days! You British men (if there are any of you left) need to put the castrating Feminists, and Liberal wussies back in their place, and get on with life!!

[ThomasMore]

Crime has become a hot topic in Britain, with street crime up 40 percent in January alone and controversy mounting over a government plan for the early release of non-violent prisoners.

I was told by a liberal once that I was too closed-minded and that I should reconsider my ideological points of view and consider becoming more liberal. I was told that there open-mindedness was a breath of fresh air in the world. Ha! After seeing what the liberals have done to England it is proof positive that liberalism IS open-minded and a breath of fresh air; So open-minded that their brains have scattered to the four winds and have been replaced with fresh air. That's why I call them scatter-brains and air-heads!

[Blood of Tyrants]

"Guns feature alongside baseball bats and hammers among the arsenal kept by almost one in 10 worried householders," security firm Micromark said on Tuesday, citing a telephone survey of 1,000 people.

Like they are going to admit to a stranger who calls up on the phone that they are keeping an illegal gun in their homes? Have the British gone COMPLETELY daft?