----- Original Message ----- From: "William Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 6:56 PM Subject: Re: Tighter?
> So you think a criminal who cares not for laws will care about another law? > interesting Criminals are not idiots, if they know that carrying a gun will mean that they get a MUCH higher sentence if caught then they will think twice, some will still use one most will not. As I pointed out, the lower availability and much higher cost are also factors. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Wayne Putterill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 1:53 PM > Subject: Re: Tighter? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "William Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 5:46 PM > > Subject: Re: Tighter? > > > > > > > i think you guys are missing the point > > > > > > the laws WONT HELP > > > people who want guns can still get guns ;) > > > > But getting a gun here is much harder as there are so few in circulation, > > that also makes them much more expensive for a criminal to buy. > > > > Also as the penalties are so much higher for possesing or using a gun, > less > > criminals want them. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Wayne Putterill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 12:18 PM > > > 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=2B170C1E0A3A0F162820 > > > > > > > > > > > > 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
