Wife of author of UK Gun Ban mugged.

Times Online -- UK ^ | September 12, 2002 | Laura Peek

[The KG9 Kid]

Home Secretary Michael Howard -- "Get Rid Of That Gun Today"

[The KG9 Kid]

Here's what a damned fool looks like:

British Home Secretary Michael Howard

[dread78645]

"Knock-knock."
"Who's there ?"
"It's me, the Clueman."

[wretchard]

“They said if I did not shout they would not harm me. Then they tried to get my rings off but at first they could not pull them off because they have been on my fingers for 10 or 20 years.

“They did eventually get them off with a lot of pulling.”

Some muggers carry boltcutters to remove rings, which are worthless cut, and are not snipped. It is the victim's fingers that do duty. The Brits should fight back, whether prohibited or not. "It is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6."

[The KG9 Kid]

"... The Brits should fight back, whether prohibited or not. "It is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6."

I don't think that there is such a thing in the UK.

I believe that they take you in a back room away from the media and a panel of judges pronounces you guilty.

[The KG9 Kid]

Heard of this one yet?

[DB]

Shocking!

When criminals have no fear of you this is what happens. Duh...

[logic101.net]

Interesting. This family has personally seen the increase in crime since the gun ban, yet cannot see the connection? Perhaps they are too stupid to live?

However, had the criminals known who they were dealing with; they might not have attacked. Who could be a better friend to a criminal than a gun-banning liberal who suceeded in baning guns?

Someone mentioned bolt cutters for cutting off fingers to remove rings. Totally unneccesary. If you take an ordinary pocket knife (easier to carry), and place the point in the middle of a joint the finger will cut off easily. I used to be a meat cutter and this is how we cut "ox" tails (actually the tail of a stear, but they are called ox for some odd reason).

MARK A SITY
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[petuniasevan]

Your hubby certainly made sure you would be defenseless.

Bet he and you never dreamed such foolishness would come home to roost.

Shoe sure hurts on the other foot, doesn't it Mrs. Howard?

And here I was thinking, "But aren't the gun grabbers the muggers' best friends?"

Oops. My bad.

Yeah, yeah, I kinda feel sorry for her, but as the old saying goes, "You've made your bed; now lie in it."

[joesnuffy]

Evil triumphs when good men do nothing
And when good men are disarmed there is little they can do against armed thugs
How will the elderly fight off strong arm robbery of young toughs..?
The elite hope to feed the peon haves to the peon have nots as a sacrificial appeasement
When a few elites wander into the wrong neighborhoods ..oh well...
The peons will have to be controlled more ...and the elite more authoritarian
some people, it seems ,just cant handle their freedom...and its unfortunate that all will have to loose their liberty...What matters is in the end the elite are safe...

[packrat35]

Sounds like "cosmic justice" to me.

[gridlock]

I usually hate to see old ladies getting beat up on the street, but I almost feel that I have to make an exception in this case.

Such fools these British are!

[WaterDragon]

Poetic justice.

[FreedomPoster]

“It is sad that you cannot feel that you can park outside your house at 11pm."

That's not a problem I have.

[THX 1138]

Mrs Howard, 62, blamed escalating street crime in London for the attack and said that muggings had become “frighteningly common”.

Either this is badly written, or the woman is a blithering nitwit.

[Jaxter]

Me neither...

[from occupied ga]

Now that I've stopped laughing long enought to post - I gotta say - SHE DESERVES IT

[engrpat]

Returned to the US yesterday after 2 weeks in London. One of the big stories was about a homeower who had tackled a "career" criminal while he was threating his children. Well as luck would have it the man died and the homeowner was found gulity of manslaughter. As a side bar, the Home Secretary announced that they were very proud that 63% of their "911" calls were being answered in 8 minutes or less.
Boy was I ever impressed!