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Shooters seek handgun law change (UK)
BBC Sport ^
| 2005/08/19 08:43:22 GMT
| Andrew Fraser
Posted on 08/19/2005 12:28:00 PM PDT by neverdem
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:28:00 PM PDT
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
Can't dare let the subjects near guns..
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:29:39 PM PDT
by
G32
To: neverdem
"The banning of handguns wasn't a matter of eroding personal freedoms, it was a matter of ensuring that what had been shown to be a terrible, if statistically small, risk was removed," she said. Well, at least she admits it. Egad, the Horror. England is doomed.
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:32:57 PM PDT
by
xsrdx
(Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas)
To: neverdem
But British team members face having to do all their 2012 preparations abroad. If I were them I'd do all my living abroad also.
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:33:40 PM PDT
by
Bacon Man
(If God didn't intend for us to eat animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat.)
To: MadIvan
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:35:32 PM PDT
by
adam_az
(It's the border, stupid!)
To: xsrdx
"The banning of handguns wasn't a matter of eroding personal freedoms, it was a matter of ensuring that what had been shown to be a terrible, if statistically small, risk was removed," she said.I'd better grab some duct tape before my head explodes.
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:37:11 PM PDT
by
AngryJawa
(Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?)
To: adam_az
This is lawmaking on the fly. The handgun law was done in a panic because of the Dunblane massacre; it is going to take years to undo.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:37:35 PM PDT
by
MadIvan
(You underestimate the power of the Dark Side - http://www.sithorder.com/)
To: MadIvan
If it can be undone. Good luck.
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:41:03 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(Let's light this candle.)
To: neverdem
Team members currently spend about 20 to 30 days a year training in Switzerland, and receive no funding because their events are illegal in the UK.
That wont make it, even for local competitions. When I was shooting competitively on an Army team we fired every day, anything from 500 1000 rounds a day. It took a month to get up to speed just for the local round.
"The banning of handguns wasn't a matter of eroding personal freedoms, it was a matter of ensuring that what had been shown to be a terrible, if statistically small, risk was removed," she said.
OK, and what has happened to the handgun crime rate since that risk was removed?
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:41:38 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: neverdem
Right!!! Well then... henceforth, all things sharp will be banned, and all things pointy shall also be banned, and anything that is sharp AND pointy is right out.
Also, things that are blunt are banned, and things that are heavy are banned, and things that are blunt AND heavy are RIGHT OUT AS WELL!!!
Well, lets see... that about cover it then???
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posted on
08/19/2005 12:41:48 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: neverdem
That's really sad. Every single Brit I know swears up and down they are "free". I always disagree with them, but I guess they're happy for the most part.
To: neverdem
---"I would like to think reasonable people will be able to have reasonable discussions and come to reasonable conclusions about this."---
This guy's a real joker!
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posted on
08/19/2005 1:00:39 PM PDT
by
claudiustg
(Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
To: neverdem
"The banning of handguns wasn't a matter of eroding personal freedoms..."And he added, "Stupidity is Intelligence, Death is Life, Slavery is Freedom."
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posted on
08/19/2005 1:01:47 PM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(Making accusations of racism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.)
To: R. Scott
OK, and what has happened to the handgun crime rate since that risk was removed?It became statistically larger.
A forseen consequence by many shooters here in the USA.
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posted on
08/19/2005 1:02:46 PM PDT
by
elbucko
To: claudiustg
--"I would like to think reasonable people will be able to have reasonable discussions and come to reasonable conclusions about this."---This guy's a real joker!
Translated the former means: "You're all gonna do it my way!"
It would have made Orwell proud.
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posted on
08/19/2005 1:07:47 PM PDT
by
elbucko
To: Chode
You may be writing ironically, but that's what's coming to pass in formerly Great Britain. A numbef of nutcase doctors are actually trying to get chefs' knives outlawed.
To: elbucko
Gun crime has indeed exploded in the UK: from almost non-existent to statistically insignificant!
Just compare the figures per 100,000 people for the USA and the UK and tell me who is safer...
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posted on
08/19/2005 1:58:34 PM PDT
by
ukman
To: neverdem
God gives all His creatures the right to self defense...
The King usurps God by taking away this right from creatures
God created in His own image..
Down the British...up the Rebels....
One if by land
Two if by sea
Three if by way
of Washington D.C.
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posted on
08/19/2005 2:04:13 PM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(Save the whales. Redeem them for valuable prizes.)
To: libstripper
yeah, i wrote it when that came up and now use it when ever they sprout their lunacy... 8^)
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posted on
08/19/2005 2:08:52 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist ©®)
To: elbucko
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posted on
08/19/2005 3:05:30 PM PDT
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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