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Does this happen in the UK?
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It seems some Americans react to domestic shooting atrocities by buying more guns, just in case some bleeding heart liberal's going to try to curtail their right to bear arms.
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I know the issue has some wider significance in the US, but does the same trend happen here?
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I know the issue has some wider significance in the US, but does the same trend happen here?
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America still enjoys a 'wild west' attitude towards guns - the notion that everyone needs to defend the 'homestead' is deeply rooted in the American psyche.
I always thought Ben Elton had the right idea about gun law - you simply ask an individual if they would like to won a gun. if they say 'yes', the are automatically banned from ever having access to firearms.
The financiial and political power of the Gun Lobby means that no president, past or future, will ever risk alienating them by tightening gun laws, which is a sad state of affairs.
I always thought Ben Elton had the right idea about gun law - you simply ask an individual if they would like to won a gun. if they say 'yes', the are automatically banned from ever having access to firearms.
The financiial and political power of the Gun Lobby means that no president, past or future, will ever risk alienating them by tightening gun laws, which is a sad state of affairs.
The thing in the US is people get scared, the right then come out with the "right to bear arms" and "Its not guns that kill people etc" So they go out and buy them.
Jno you are right about the constitution, however Clinton banned automatic weapons, this ran out in 2004 and they never renewed it? So there is some lee way.
Youngnafbog Reds used to be under the bed - if their in your bed I hope its Sharapova
Jno you are right about the constitution, however Clinton banned automatic weapons, this ran out in 2004 and they never renewed it? So there is some lee way.
Youngnafbog Reds used to be under the bed - if their in your bed I hope its Sharapova
jno - I believe one leads to the other.
All countries have laws that are appropriate at the time of their inception, but which are revoked and ammended as society moves on - the famous 'rule of thumb' where a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick whose thickness was no wider than his thumb, is not something that would stand up in court now.
The right to bear arms is enshrined in the Constitution, but you would have thought that the U.S. mentality had moved on from those 'frontier' days when a man genuinly would be called on to defend his home and family.
I can't believe the the forefathers would agree to its continuance if they saw the way it has been stretched and bent to include any lunatic bening able to buy lethal weapons and ammunition by mail order, or over the internet.
Sadly, those who think they are bright enough to be responsible with guns exert enough power to ensure that those who are not bright enough get equal access to instant death - a situation that shows no signs of changing any time soon.
All countries have laws that are appropriate at the time of their inception, but which are revoked and ammended as society moves on - the famous 'rule of thumb' where a man was allowed to beat his wife with a stick whose thickness was no wider than his thumb, is not something that would stand up in court now.
The right to bear arms is enshrined in the Constitution, but you would have thought that the U.S. mentality had moved on from those 'frontier' days when a man genuinly would be called on to defend his home and family.
I can't believe the the forefathers would agree to its continuance if they saw the way it has been stretched and bent to include any lunatic bening able to buy lethal weapons and ammunition by mail order, or over the internet.
Sadly, those who think they are bright enough to be responsible with guns exert enough power to ensure that those who are not bright enough get equal access to instant death - a situation that shows no signs of changing any time soon.
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