It's official, british Govt. bans knives !

[manny78]

I said comparatively, when walking almost any street at night in england I have absolutely no fear of gun crime whatsoever as it's so rare, I know noone who has had a gun pulled on them and I'm from London, probably the gun crime capital of Britain.
Criminals don't need to legally purchase their goodies no, but they have to have connections to get them instead of wandering to the local store.

Few people need large blades about their person and a ban on them and the ability for the police to take them off people and charge them can only do good imo.

If you enjoy having the government managing every aspect of your life, then it's your problem. We have guns in Canada (more than 5 millions for a population of 30M+) and guess what, crime is low. I dont think my freedom and own protection is somehting I can give out to someone.

 

[Whiskey]

My town of 5600 probably has a total of 10,000 guns it in. No joke either. Almost no crime with the unfortunate exception of Meth and the occasionel go-go juice user. ;-)

Whiskey

 

[bluepeter]

^^That sounds like something Bluepeter would say

Yeah right. Nobody but nobody criticizes and has greater disdain for their governments ability to govern than I do.

 

[c00per]

Now, if they could only crack down on bad dentistry.

You are more likely to get kicked to death than stabbed in the UK. For some reason they like kicking things --- soccer balls, heads, ribs, kidneys, etc.

 

[JayC9]

If you enjoy having the government managing every aspect of your life, then it's your problem. We have guns in Canada (more than 5 millions for a population of 30M+) and guess what, crime is low. I dont think my freedom and own protection is somehting I can give out to someone.

Gun related deaths in 2002 - UK: 81, Canada: 816, US: 30,242

In 2002 Canada still had 10x more gun related deaths than the UK whereas the US had a stagering 373x more deaths. The UK has approximately twice the population of Canada so would it be fair to say (based solely on those statistics) that allowing people to own guns increases the chances of gun related deaths by at least twenty fold? Vice versa could it also be said that not allowing people to own firearms would save lives?

If true then broadly speaking one might reason that restricting the availability of a certain weapon has a direct effect on the number of deaths caused by that weapon.

You might consider that gay but in my eyes it makes perfect sense.

 

[jack sparrow]

Its a free country. We should have guns, knives, pizza cutters, etc.

 

[manny78]

Gun related deaths in 2002 - UK: 81, Canada: 816, US: 30,242

In 2002 Canada still had 10x more gun related deaths than the UK whereas the US had a stagering 373x more deaths. The UK has approximately twice the population of Canada so would it be fair to say (based solely on those statistics) that allowing people to own guns increases the chances of gun related deaths by at least twenty fold? Vice versa could it also be said that not allowing people to own firearms would save lives?

If true then broadly speaking one might reason that restricting the availability of a certain weapon has a direct effect on the number of deaths caused by that weapon.

You might consider that gay but in my eyes it makes perfect sense.

http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/031001/d031001a.htm

582 homicides in Canada in 2002. 149 with a firearm. A bit over 34M population

UK: 1036 in 2002 for 52M folks. How many of them were actually committed with a firearm ? No idea but the Home Office mentionned a 35% increase of firearm crimes.

 

[JayC9]

http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/031001/d031001a.htm

582 homicides in Canada in 2002. 149 with a firearm. A bit over 34M population

UK: 1036 in 2002 for 52M folks. How many of them were actually committed with a firearm ? No idea but the Home Office mentionned a 35% increase of firearm crimes.

Seems to be a difference in the stats?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4636102.stm

 

[alien amp pharm]

I think we should all go back to fighting with swords and stuff. That way if someone wanted to rob you they could challenge you to a duel.

 

[maccer]

can't believe the stupidity of this thread. "Well you already have guns so why not let everyone have guns!" Dumb fucking argument