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Handgun crime rises by 46 per cent (In UK)
Times Newspapers Ltd ^
| January 09, 2003
| by pa news
Posted on 01/09/2003 5:58:16 AM PST by Lockbox
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posted on
01/09/2003 5:58:16 AM PST
by
Lockbox
To: Lockbox
John Denham, Home Office Minister:
"We announced earlier this week that we would be introducing a five-year minimum sentence for possession of a firearm as well as new offences to tighten up the law on air weapons and replica firearms."
That sure is gonna work < /sarcasm>
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:00:42 AM PST
by
sauropod
To: *bang_list
To: Lockbox
There must be a mistake here. Everyone knows that when the government makes guns illegal, all the bad guys will turn in thier guns.---right?
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:04:47 AM PST
by
hexpoppy
To: Lockbox
This is from BSNN or The Onion, right?
We all know that when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns, and that there can't be handgun crime when only outlaws have guns.
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:07:11 AM PST
by
Eagle Eye
(What? Me worry?)
To: sauropod
tighten up the law on air weapons and replica firearms."Got to watch out for those blow guns, deadly you know......... almost got it in Africa. Pigmy tribe member....... missed be by that much, or was it this much? Anyway got to outlaw blowguns, too easy to hide one in a bush, you know it looks like a bush! Deadly....... almost got it in Africa, did I tell you?
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:07:45 AM PST
by
Lockbox
To: Lockbox
John Denham, the Home Office Minister, said: "Although crime overall remains stable, I am concerned at the significant rise that we have seen in firearm offences. This is horrible. They better make handgun possession illegal.
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:12:14 AM PST
by
copycat
(Evita Rodham Clinton will destroy America.)
To: Lockbox
What do they expect when the people are disarmed and then jailed for defending their lives? The crooks have become emboldened to the point that they don't simply strong arm you and steal your property. They now boldly hold you at gunpoint and then shoot you knowing that the police are ineffective and the people are sheep.
To: copycat
Robbery was up 14.5 per cent .......... sex offences were up 25.6 per centStable, nothing to see, stable, minor increase, nothing to be concerned about, stable, minor bump in the road, stable.........................run away that rabbits dynamite!
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:20:04 AM PST
by
Lockbox
To: Lockbox
Obviously, there's a lot more going on than handgun crime. Could it be IMMIGRATION ?
To: hexpoppy
Their government.....IS the "bad guys"
To: Lockbox
Up 46 percent? And that's after they changed the way they count crime. This is NOT a glitch. It's the direct result of disarming the people.
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:36:35 AM PST
by
copycat
(Evita Rodham Clinton will destroy America.)
To: Admin Moderator
IMHO, this should be in Breaking News. This is big.
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:38:00 AM PST
by
copycat
(Evita Rodham Clinton will destroy America.)
To: copycat
Done.
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:39:13 AM PST
by
Admin Moderator
(The Mod Squad is on the job)
To: copycat
"It's the direct result of disarming the people."
That's what happens when you create a target rich environment.
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:42:25 AM PST
by
Let's Roll
(Whether we bring our enemies to justice, or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done.)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
BINGO
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:42:50 AM PST
by
B Knotts
To: Lockbox; copycat; Joe Brower
Oliver Letwin, the Shadow Home Secretary said: "These figures are truly terrible. Despite the street crime initiative, robbery is massively up. So are domestic burglary, retail burglary and drug offences. "The only word for this is failure: the Government's response of knee jerk reactions, gimmicks and initiatives is not working and confused signals on sentences for burglary will not help either.
As we all know, a good journalist puts his thesis statement last...
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:43:39 AM PST
by
HiJinx
(We're winning?)
To: MadIvan
Ping
To: Lockbox
bttt
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posted on
01/09/2003 6:44:31 AM PST
by
Lancey Howard
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To: Let's Roll
When guns are outlawed, only the outlaws have guns.
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