Targeting a Myth [Gun Control]

America by 2020 if things don't change.

I don't think so, but I'm the eternal optimist!

When Guns Are Outlawed.........

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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Crete/3450/guncontrol.jpg

I cannot understand how gun control or the lack thereof contributes to a 'fairer society.'

It may not make for a 'fairer society', but it does make for a 'more equal society'. My wife stands 4'11" and weighs about 95 lbs. soaking wet. Even with a baseball bat she would probably be no match for a criminal who has spent the last couple years lifting weights, but with a Glock I'm pretty sure she'll be able to defend herself if I'm not there and if the criminal also happens to be armed with a gun at least I'll know that she had a fighting chance.

American Liberals will never, never, EVER change their anti-gun hysteria -- until they become victims of violent crime.

Liberals come in all different colors and flavors. I've known a lot of 'back to the land' type hippies who happen to be gun nuts. They're into solar power, composting toilets and organic food, but some of them also have quite an arsenal.

Those folks share one important trait with conservatives though. For the most part they just want to be left alone. Your average urban socialist is deathly afraid of guns in private hands.

Here you go David, why your English system is a total failure... We've had all the socialism a society can handle.

The English system isn't based on liberal policies, its based on state authoritarianism. The article points out that carrying any kind of weapon for self defence is illegal. The current gun controls were brought in by the Major (Conservative) government, thus they have nothing to do with Socialism.

If gun laws were liberalised, I doubt that it would have a positive effect on the crime statistics since there is no tradition of gun ownership for self defence in Britain. In fact, it would probably make it even easier for criminals to get firearms. Also this article fails to compare the murder rate in America with that in Britain, could it be that this fact would damage the article's argument?

Obviously, the law on self defence needs changing so that the victim or someone who helps the victim are not in danger of prosecution. Unfortunately, the British people are not citizens, they have no rights to enforce laws, they are subjects of the state which believes that only it has the right to enforce the law.

IMHO, the liberals are concerned about losing constituents -- literally. Many members of their favorite "victim" groups run a very real risk if the rest of us are allowed to defend ourselves when they break into our homes and cars or assault us on the street.

One criminal, one vote.

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