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Britain: Finally! 12 Years After The Ban On Firearms, London Is Safer Than Ever ;)
Transsylvania Phoenix ^ | 10/23/09 | Transsylvania Phoenix

Posted on 10/23/2009 10:02:28 AM PDT by .454Puma

...or maybe not. Faced with increased violence, Britain deploys permanently armed police in London

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TOPICS: Education; Government; Hobbies; Politics
KEYWORDS: ban; banglist; britain; gun
It must be a mistake, this is all wrong! The leftist British government banned guns in 1997 and promised the measure will drastically reduce violent crime.
1 posted on 10/23/2009 10:02:29 AM PDT by .454Puma
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To: .454Puma

The NRA magazine this month has a short 4 paragraph article that the UK is considering banning glass pint glasses as they can be broken and used as a weapon. Forcing bars to convert to some sort of unbreakable plastic resin instead.


2 posted on 10/23/2009 10:04:36 AM PDT by Domandred (Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system. I am Jim Thompson.)
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To: .454Puma

Does anyone have a comparison in the gun crime stats from pre-1997 to the present?


3 posted on 10/23/2009 10:15:32 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: .454Puma

Even we weren’t stupid enough in Canada to ban guns outright. Nor were we stupid enough to disarm our police forces.


4 posted on 10/23/2009 10:17:25 AM PDT by Catholic Canadian ( I love Stephen Harper!)
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To: .454Puma

The cops have guns now in London ? Well, that’s not sporting.


5 posted on 10/23/2009 10:39:59 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: .454Puma

BUSH’S FAULT.


6 posted on 10/23/2009 10:46:51 AM PDT by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: .454Puma

My wife was in London a few weeks back, and she was surprised at all the machinegun-carrying cops there.


7 posted on 10/23/2009 10:52:30 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Public healthcare looks like it will work as well as public housing did.)
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To: .454Puma

When the people were armed the bobbies didn’t need to be. Now that the people are disarmed the cops need to be armed to the teeth. Gun control works it’s wonders again.


8 posted on 10/23/2009 11:12:29 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Nepolean fries the idea powder)
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To: Domandred

Saw that in this month’s magazine. And I thought our politicians were idiots!


9 posted on 10/23/2009 11:25:58 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA (Obama, Hitler, Stalin: Who are 3 people nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.)
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To: Domandred
Forcing bars to convert to some sort of unbreakable plastic resin instead.

Great, then instead of slashing with the broken glass, they can be bludgeoned with the "unbreakable" plastic resin...

Morons.

10 posted on 10/23/2009 11:33:06 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (The townhalls were going great until the oPods showed up.)
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To: IYAS9YAS

Um, trying to bludgeon someone with a plastic bottle would be incredibly hard work. You would be handicapped compared to someone using their bare fists....


11 posted on 10/24/2009 11:18:15 AM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
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