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originally posted by: destination now
a reply to: EvillerBob
OK, re-phrase, why would anyone want to use a hand gun...yes, I know you've just given your reasons, but personally I can't see the attraction, and I do realise that is my personal belief, but I do worry about lots of people having access to lots of guns, therefore I was glad that access to hand guns are restricted in the UK.
originally posted by: Kester
a reply to: destination now
Cars are not designed to kill, but some drivers want to kill you and get a slap on the wrist at the most.
originally posted by: destination now
a reply to: EvillerBob
I agree, illegal guns are a problem. I am glad though that there is such a rigorous scheme to monitor those who are using guns legally. I suppose I would just hate if the UK became like the US in terms of general gun ownership, where people who are not as well trained as you can carry guns around with them all the time.
I think also the fact that it is coming up to the anniversary of Dunblane, an event that deeply affected me, because I never thought that something like that could happen in Scotland, has just re=affirmed my personal fear of guns so I know I am biased due to that. However I also believe in freedom of choice, and properly owned and used guns within a safe environment shouldn't be an issue.
www.thetruthseeker.co.uk...
. . . former NATO Boss Lord Robertson . . .
Lord Robertson, a self-confessed Freemasonic member of Edinburgh’s sinister “Speculative Society” lodge, who enjoyed a peculiarly close personal relationship with Thomas Hamilton, the mass murderer of abused children in Dunblane, failed to sue the Sunday Herald for libel and promptly disappeared from public life. Police records revealed that Robertson had helped expedite the process by which the Manchurian Candidate, Hamilton, already a convicted child molester with known affiliations to the British elite, was able to obtain gun licenses.
originally posted by: starviego
Hamilton allegedly brought his guns to school inside a camera case. Or maybe he had film cameras inside that camera case, raising the possibility that a snuff film was made of the massacre. Four guns were found at the scene, according to an off-duty policeman who was first to arrive, raising the possibility of other gunmen.
The amnesty and buyback program led to the surrender of 162,000 weapons and 700 tons of ammunition.[
www.theguardian.com...
Gun ownership in England and Wales
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How many legally-held guns are out there? Around 1.8m, it turns out.