Re: U.K criminal violence


"Strider" <strider@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dd9no1tiqd0ruq44ese0a6u1nfnnscfql0@xxxxxxxxxx
> Excerpted from _American Rifleman_ Dec 2005
>
> ========================
> With all the gun control laws passed in the United Kingdom, some
> people -NRA members not included - might be surprised by the findings
> of a recent U.N. report on criminal violence in developed countries.
>
> The report found that Scotland is the most dangerous country in the
> developed word, followed closely by England and Wales. The study,
> based on telephone interviews with victims of crime in 21 countries,
> found that more than 2,000 Scots are attacked every week, 10 times the
> number found in official police reports. The study, which excluded
> homicides, found Scots were nearly three times more likely to be
> assaulted than Americans.
>
> England and Wales had double the American assault rate.
>
> The study also found that while crime in much of the developed world
> has increased since 1988, in America it has gone down. It is no
> surprise that in this same period the United Kingdom, like Canada and
> Australia, has passed sweeping anti-gun laws.
>
> Gun-ban activists and governments around the world will likely try to
> use this report as an excuse to impost even more restrictions on the
> lawful ownership of firearms (in Scotland, knives are the new target).
> Ownership of firearms by law-abiding citizens is a clear and
> unambiguous deterrent to thugs and criminals. The result of strict gun
> laws in Australia, Canada, England, and Scotland is starkly clear:
> Taking away the tools ofself-defense from honest people means more
> violent crime.
> ========================

good point made here. Gun laws in the UK shine a light onto us and illuminate a country of pathetic victims. Now more than ever we
need the right to own and bear weapons such is the dissollusion and lack of faith in our police force. Once we had a police that
were feared and respected, now we have a collection of uniformed liberals with their hands tied behind their backs. They act on
very little, even when the public does their job for them and collects evidence. I envy US citizens with their constitutional
right to own and bear arms. The gun laws of the UK make a man feel impotent and castrated because that's what we are.




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