Banning Guns Isn't Enough for the Brits

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[TERMINATTOR]

It appears the Brits have climbed the Cliffs of Insanity and taken a collective nosedive into the River of Outright Absurdity. My friend, author Michael Z. Williamson, and I used to laugh about Britain, their unreasonable ban on armed self defense and their hysterical attempts to further correct the problems caused by said ban by implementing yet more stringent and bizarre restraints on people's rights. Mike was born in the UK. I used to kid him about the future of Great Britain. I used to tell him that soon, sharp implements will be banned, and people will be forced to purchase pre-cut food rather than risk the chance of some unstable chef losing control and hacking some unsuspecting Brits to pieces with a knife. These were jokes. I didn't really think it would ever happen.

I was wrong.

The UK's home secretary David Blunkett has announced a slew of measures that are meant to address the rising knife violence in not-so-Great Britain. Yeah - right on the heels of their wildly "successful" gun ban (pay no attention to the fact that there's a gun crime happening every hour in the UK), Mr. Blunkett has announced that shops will be banned from selling knives to people under 18 years of age, and that he would like to see a stiff, five-year jail sentence on any poor bloke caught in possession of a knife. God forbid a 16 year old decides he wants to cook sliced turkey for dinner! He'll be out of luck in Blunkett's Britain. Sorry, chum. You're going to have to rip the meat into chunks with your hands.

Why is this happening? Well you see, guns are, for the most part, banned. And even though gun crime in Britain has risen dramatically since the 1997 ban on self defense, so have other types of violent crimes, including knifings. As a matter of fact, a spate of recent stabbings has prompted the families of the victims to demand justice in the form of stiffer penalties for mere possession of these horrid sharp objects. Because believe it or not, knives are so prevalent in Merrie Olde England, that every two weeks, "someone loses their life as a result of being stabbed."

Apparently it's not enough that victims are prohibited from defending themselves, get punished for mere ownership of a firearm or a similar method of defense, such as a stun gun. Now, they won't even be able to purchase a kitchen implement of their choice without some emotionalist hack screeching that they're a danger to society and must be imprisoned for wanting to hack apart a side of beef for dinner.

What is going on over there?

Well, crime is out of control, and the government - instead of using logic and common sense to deal with criminals - is bowing to the reactionary histrionics of emotionally overwrought victims families and attempting to ban the offending object rather than address the source of the problem - the criminals. But if you're thinking that their extremist reaction to crime comes from genuine goodness and authentic attempts to lower crime in Britain, you might want to think again.

In a recent report, England's top lawyer - Attorney-General Lord Goldsmith - was quoted as saying that criminal's rights need to be protected as well as victims. (emphasis added) Apparently, the esteemed legislator believes that everyone has the right to live their lives free of violence - even those who make violence their life's choice! Who cares if victims of criminals spend time in jail for daring to protect their homes and their families! Apparently in Goldsmith's eyes, the lives of those who choose to violently victimize others...

...to stab, shoot, rape and assault them...

...are worth just as much as the victims. Therefore, it's apparently advisable, in Goldsmith's eyes, for a woman to simply spread her legs and wait for her rapist to finish rather than fight back, because - God forbid! - her attacker's right to rape and sodomize her in a safe environment could be compromised!

No, it's not fallible, human overreaction that is causing the Brits to attempt to control and outright ban every implement that may be used to cause harm. I'm convinced that their society has become so impossibly savage, that they can no longer tell the difference between right and wrong, justice and injustice, victim and criminal. Their warped sense of socialism tells them that we're all the same - that our lives are all equal - regardless of the choices we make or the lives we lead. That's why in their twisted world, it's important to protect the rights of violent thugs and disarm the righteous victims. That's why they think so little of life, liberty and property - because those concepts can only truly exist in a just society - a justice that the UK has lost.

They are beyond help. We can no longer ask the question, "How can we help them? How can we make them see?" The question we should be asking ourselves is, "How can we ensure that we do not become like them?" My answer is this: only by safeguarding the sacred concepts of life, liberty and property can we ensure that our sense of justice never becomes skewed by the savages in three-piece suits and jack boots who claim authority over us. Only by never giving up an iota - by fighting until our knuckles are bloodied - by never allowing ourselves or our leaders to forget those sacred principles, can we hope to preserve them. Only by fighting against the incremental destruction of our basic rights, can we hope to avoid becoming another Britain.

Because once a society forgets justice...

As soon as government leaders mar the line between right and wrong...

The path will be clear for them to enslave the sheep who have allowed them to do so.

Nicki is a US Army veteran, who spent nearly four years in Frankfurt, Germany on active duty at the American Forces Network. She is a former radio DJ and news anchor and a Featured Writer and Newslinks Director for Keepandbeararms.com. She is also a former contributing editor to the National Rifle Association's newest monthly magazine, Women's Outlook and she is currently the contributing editor to Concealed Carry Magazine and writes occasionally for the Libertarian Party. She resides in Virginia with her family. We are also proud to have Nicki as regular contributor to Armed Females of America and to speak for Armed Females on our position against gun control and freedom issues.

[writer33]

This is wonderful stupidity. Congratulations, Great Britain. Can we send a few of our libs your way? Please.

[SunkenCiv]

"Why is this happening? Well you see, guns are, for the most part, banned. And even though gun crime in Britain has risen dramatically since the 1997 ban on self defense, so have other types of violent crimes, including knifings."

heh... I do think that "can't carve the turkey" argument is specious though -- after all, no one should be eating animals, meat is murder, blah blah blah...

[FormerACLUmember]

Defend yourself and you go to jail like farmer Tony Martin, AND lose everything in bogus lawsuits from the criminals.

[ClearCase_guy]

"What if someone attacks you with a pointed stick?"

[Ginifer]

"The question we should be asking ourselves is, "How can we ensure that we do not become like them?"

By smacking down liberals in the US who want us to be like the Europeans.

[RAY]

"Nicki Fellenzer" and example of my ideal woman!

Attractive too!

[Cornpone]

Fortunately Santa Claus brought me all the reloading gear I wanted for Christmas...except the bullet molds. I guess I better get those too while I can. I wonder when Britain will outlaw lead fishing sinkers. Stuffed in a sock they make horrible truncheons.

[TERMINATTOR]

"Proportinal Force" - your stick can't be any sharper than their's is, and you can't stick it any further into their heart, than did into yours.

[Bacon Man]

Pointed stick? Oh, oh, oh. We want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you eh? Well I'll tell you something my lad. When you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come crying to me! Now, the passion fruit. When your assailant lunges at you with a passion fruit...

[PMCarey]

"What if someone attacks you with a pointed stick?"

"Pointed sticks? Ho, ho, ho. We want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you eh? Well I'll tell you something my lad. When you're walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come crying to me!"

[Prime Choice]

There, but for the grace of God, goes our nation if we let the Leftists have their way.

[nothingnew]

When the muslims and hooligans take over, be it GB or europe collectively, I would say to them "Oh really? You have a real problem and I don't know what you're going to do about it". Then when the weeping Brits and frenchmen are weeping in their own streets watching the take over of their country and implore US for help,.......I would claim the land as ours and tell them "you don't like it?....OK...we're leaving".

Eff'm all.

FMCDH(BITS)

[semaj]

The Libs will never figure it out. The simple truth is that our personal safety, not to mention that of society as a whole, is also our personal responsibility. To depend on the government for our well-being is a fool's dream. Let the law-abiding people arm and protect themselves from the anti-social predators amongst us and the problem will rapidly subside.

[blackie]

The Second Amendment...
America's Original Homeland Security!

No Guns,
No Rights!

[GeronL]

every 2 weeks??? 26 people a year?? so they ban knives??

[TERMINATTOR]

Never, never, never give in! -Winston Churchill

[Ronzo]

Next thing you know, they'll be banning these VERY DANGEROUS weapons...

[JoeV1]

"What if someone attacks you with a pointed stick?"

Whaddaya stoopid' or sumpin'? Ya ban sticks...no you ban tree's...no wait you ban sharpening sticks, oh shit they already banned the knives and.........oh damn it's so hard to be a lefty lunatic. Life is soooo confusing!

[mvpel]

Looks like Stanley Kubrick was a prophet of the first order.