I did say national news, at a regional level even somone waving a fake Gun about would make the news.
To give you an idea of how often guns are used here by criminals "the number of gun-related incidents is still relatively small, representing 0.1 per cent of all recorded crime" (The Home Office) Note that is ALL gun related crime, in the majority of cases no shots would have even been fired. It's true that gun crime is on the rise, but it is still a very small problem and toughening the laws are meant to keep it that way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 5:42 PM Subject: RE: Tighter? > Depends on the city/state. Here it would be in the news for a month. And > the people would not try to blame guns, they would blame the drugs and > the gangs. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wayne Putterill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:18 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Tighter? > > > > I think you are both missing the point, the incident that has prompted > > this > > was a shooting incident in which two people died. It made headline > news, > > and > > still is making them a week later. > > > > How many people died in the US from gun related crime in the same > period > > and > > did any of the shootings make national headline news for a week? > > Especially > > (and I really do hate to say this) as the shootings were of two Black > > women > > in an area which is known for "drug wars" and street gangs? > > > > This is a rare ocurrance in the UK - thanks to tight gun laws, we > don't > > want > > it to happen again so the laws will be tightened further. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 2:29 PM > > Subject: Re: Tighter? > > > > > > > What a bunch of idiots. > > > > > > They kept saying how great their laws were and all the NON gun > killings. > > > Does anyone understand the concept that criminals dont give a rats > ass > > about > > > laws? > > > > > > Thats the whole thing about being a CRIMINAL, breaking laws. > > > The only thing tighter laws will do is make it so its even harder > for > > > regular people to have guns and the criminals will still have them. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Timothy Heald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 9:15 AM > > > Subject: Tighter? > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.ds-osac.org/view.cfm?key=7E475C404455&type=2B170C1E0A3A0F1628 > 20 > > > > > > > > Hehe I love the 5th paragraph: > > > > > > > > "The shootings brought into focus the availability of illegal > firearms > > in > > > the UK and the willingness by criminals to use them." > > > > > > > > Timothy Heald > > > > Assistant Webmaster > > > > Overseas Security Advisory Council > > > > U.S. Department of State > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
