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1 posted on 06/01/2002 11:24:11 PM PDT by kattracks
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2 posted on 06/01/2002 11:31:57 PM PDT by Libertarianize the GOP
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To: kattracks
"In one instance a 29-year-old man brandishing a cigarette lighter shaped like a gun was shot and killed by the police.

A possible Darwin Award winner?

3 posted on 06/01/2002 11:35:48 PM PDT by blackbart.223
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Armed robbery in London nearly doubled from 2000 to 2001, and shootings between criminals are rising, too.

And some police brass don't want all police armed? Why not raise the hiring standards? Eventually, idiots at the top will be eliminated. On the other hand, maybe their police aren't qualified to carry!? Back to the hiring standards.

4 posted on 06/01/2002 11:39:33 PM PDT by Mike K
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To: kattracks
It amazes me that more acts of terrorism haven't occured in Merry ole England. terrorists don't give a hoot about gun laws. are these people so stupid that they think arming police officers will cause criminals to start arming themselves. What fools.
5 posted on 06/01/2002 11:40:15 PM PDT by sharkdiver
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This is the stupidest thing I've ever read. The bad guys already have guns and these Brits don't want an armed police force. They deserve to be robbed at gunpoint. A once great country is doomed.
6 posted on 06/01/2002 11:54:10 PM PDT by etcetera
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Unbridled immigration has changed the culture in Britain. Now mainly the criminals have guns and the helpless citizens can only be victims. The only answer is, you guessed it, more guns. Right now the criminals have nothing to fear since they are the only ones with guns.

I wonder how long it will take liberal Britain to loosen their gun laws so a citizen can have one for self defense?

7 posted on 06/02/2002 12:00:32 AM PDT by Reagan is King
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Note to British Police: Your criminals already have machine guns and are not afraid to shoot. And no, they're not from US gun shows either. It's too late to worry about yer cozy 'Bobby' image. If the public is more alarmed that a cop carries a pistol than if a criminal does, then I don't quite know what to say. Have another pint, I guess, and hope for a safe walk home.
9 posted on 06/02/2002 4:20:08 AM PDT by Sender
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To: kattracks
Lest we not forget, In WW2, England BEGGED the U.S. to send them small arms to defend the empire with, for they had been taken away from the 'subjects'.
So England was armed with small arms again, and after the threat of invasion from Germany had passed, the arms were once again taken away from the 'subjects' in the name of "Saftey". (Sound familiar?)
So now England ia once again under threat of invasion, But this time it is the armed criminal, not foreign powers doing the invading. So now the Bobbies have to be armed.
Remember your History lessons folks. I'm proud to be a 'citizen' and not a 'subject'.
11 posted on 06/02/2002 4:59:50 AM PDT by Maquisard
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From a clipping from Scotland Yard back in the 60's an eye-witness was asked to describe the perpetrator. He could not judge the height or weight, nor could he remember eye or hair color.

What he could remember was that the herring-bone jacket the robber was wearing, clashed so badly with his plaid tie, that he could not remember anything else about him.

13 posted on 06/02/2002 6:32:30 AM PDT by capt. norm
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But Commander Alan Brown of the Metropolitan Police said the answer was not widespread arming but strategic deployment of trained armed officers. "If you asked some of our officers, they'd say that they'd like to be armed," Commander Brown said. "They'd be the last people I'd ever give a gun to."

And these are the officers supposedly defending law and order? The "last people" their boss would give a gun to? After the terrorists, I suppose.

15 posted on 06/02/2002 8:04:04 AM PDT by 07055
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"I think that violence promotes violence"

Guess you guys should have just rolled over and begged for mercy in WWII then. Your armed resistance only promoted more violence, after all.

19 posted on 06/02/2002 8:43:18 AM PDT by RogueIsland
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At one time in British history not too long ago, the average time between a murder and the killer hanging from the neck was 21 days. I don't know if they alway had the right person and I wish I could remember what year this was supposed to have occured.

Today, they have open immigration, the police aren't trusted, statistics of Northern Ireland are not included and anyone using force to defend themselves is jailed. The authorities are still wondering what they should do.

20 posted on 06/02/2002 8:43:39 AM PDT by Shooter 2.5
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GUN CONTROL WORKS!!! Nine out of ten criminals and dictators can't be wrong.
24 posted on 06/03/2002 1:14:20 PM PDT by Cacique
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