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Gunman kills several in Cumbria (U.K.)
BBC NEWS ^
| 6/2/10
| Unspecified
Posted on 06/02/2010 6:49:04 AM PDT by exbrit
A number of people have been killed and others injured after a gunman opened fire in several areas of west Cumbria.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
TOPICS: United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: banglist; rampage; shooting; uk
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:49:04 AM PDT
by
exbrit
To: exbrit
Wait a second. This cannot be possible. Aren’t guns illegal in the UK?
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:50:21 AM PDT
by
pnh102
(Regarding liberalism, always attribute to malice what you think can be explained by stupidity. - Me)
To: pnh102
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:51:02 AM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: exbrit
Good thing the government is huge in the UK and they made guns illegal... for your protection, of course.
To: exbrit
But...but....but....the UK took away all the guns years ago to make the country safe!..?..?
vaudine
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:51:48 AM PDT
by
vaudine
(,,)
To: exbrit
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:53:06 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
To: exbrit
impossible- guns are illegal in Britain..
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:53:13 AM PDT
by
cardinal4
(Barack Obama- 21st Century Edsel)
To: exbrit
At least they mentioned the fact that it was a gunMAN, and not a gun, that killed them...
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:53:37 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Marking Time On The Government's Dime)
To: pnh102
There is only one solution for a problem like this - stricter gun control laws!
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:55:59 AM PDT
by
Dan Nunn
(Some of us are wise, some of us are otherwise. -The Great One)
To: pnh102
This cannot be possible. Aren’t guns illegal in the UK?That's right! So obviously it was a bunch of really, really noisy knives!! Waidaminnute. knives are illegal there, too.
Clearly, it's all a figment of someones imagination!
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posted on
06/02/2010 6:57:01 AM PDT
by
ozark hilljilly
(When will you have enough, Mr. Obama?)
To: pnh102
Wait a second. This cannot be possible. Aren’t guns illegal in the UK?
No, only handguns are banned in the UK.
For the rest it may be difficult to legal get a weapon
there but it´s possible.
To: exbrit
People who live nearby were being urged to stay indoors for their own protection.
... in case bullets are still buzzing around like angry bees hours after the incident.
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posted on
06/02/2010 7:08:47 AM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
To: mikelets456
Except they didnt, only handguns.
To: vaudine
But, but, but......they didnt.
To: cardinal4
To: ozark hilljilly
The only figment is your belief that guns are illegal in Britain, in fact only personal handguns are.
And your assertion that knives are illegal is ludicrous.
To: BitWielder1
Looks like the c**t shot himself.
To: the scotsman
I was being ludicrous.
I was under the impression that a few years back the UK was considering banning certain knives, so that is where that comes from. I saw it here at FR, so it must be true.
; )
Sorry if our yankee flippancy offends.
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posted on
06/02/2010 7:20:30 AM PDT
by
ozark hilljilly
(When will you have enough, Mr. Obama?)
To: exbrit
Curse me for the gallows humor, but this reads like a Python bit.
Ms Pears said Mr Bird had been a taxi driver for 23 years and was a "real nice man".
Sue Matthews, a telephonist at A2B Taxis in Whitehaven, said the gunman lived alone, adding that he was a "quiet fellow".
Whitehaven????
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posted on
06/02/2010 7:32:23 AM PDT
by
Cyber Ninja
(Rebuke, Renounce, Repeal, Repeat,...)
To: exbrit
My husband’s family is from there. Did they mention a motive for him going postal?
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