From: Dave Reay, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Gill Marshall Andrews, of the Gun Control Network,
>which campaigned alongside the Snowdrop Petition, set up
>in Dunblane after the 1996 shootings, said: "The prospect
>of our gun laws being eroded is devastating. No-one will
>believe this is a one-off. If it goes ahead there will
>be other exemptions and we will have lost the ban on
>handguns. That is how the gun lobby works. We cannot
>allow that to happen."
The ban on handguns has patently failed to make grate britain a safer
place, shootings with handguns have increased not fallen.
>
> She urged Jack Straw, who helped to steer the
>original legislation through the Commons and House of
>Lords, to remember the reasons why he had supported a ban
>on handguns four years ago.
>
> She said the gun lobby's claim that pistol shooters
>were responsible and safe was an old argument. Hamilton
>had owned guns legally, as had Michael Ryan, who was
>responsible for the shootings at Hungerford.
Hamilton was first and foremost a paedophile, he murdered those poor
kids and their teacher for no other reason than "If he could not have
his perverted way with them, nobody would". In the current atmosphere of
"paedophile bashing" we will be missing a golden opportunity to remind
the media and Jackass Straw that we were used as a scapegoat for
paedophiles! Why was the witchhunt against shooters and not paedophiles?
A bloody coverup is my opinion (all those that have been paying
attention will know my views on that subject). Thomas Hamilton was not
in possession of handguns legally as he was not a member of a gun club,
the plod failed the public Big Time over this one! McMurdo failed to act
when his own people advised against renewall of Hamiltons FAC, you have
got to ask youreself WHY?
>
>
> "Labour, when they came to power, made a brave
>decision to ban handguns. In terms of gun legislation
>we have the gold standard in this country. It is a
>source of inspiration for gun control groups around
>the world. It would be devastating if we now went
>back on that and changed our minds."
They made a political gesture, they thought it would make them the
"party tough on crime and the causes of crime", well how many guns have
been taken out of the hands of criminals? How many shootings have taken
place with handguns since the ban? Political gestures are as empty as
politicians promises. The fact that the Tories were voted out so
emphatically, makes them think they were voted in. In fact the Home
Secretaries son has been caught selling drugs, the prime ministers son
was found drunk and incapable in a public place and the transport
ministers driver was caught speeding at 103mph with the transport idiot
in the car! What the Hell have been the real benefits of the handgun
ban? Absolutely bugger all! The downside of the ban, companies going out
of business, the internationally recognised sport of target shooting
with handguns is banned to the people of grate britain and the plod
cannot find a decent place to hone their skills. Oh! I almost forgot the
57000 British people that were forcibly deprived of their property and
made to feel like pariahs in their own country.
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Dave Reay
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Be careful on quoting the crime statistics.
There were more people killed with handguns in 1998 than in any
year prior to 1992, the figures for 1998 are less than in some
of the years 1992-1997 but we need more time to see if there
is a downward trend. However it is certainly safe to say
that so far there is no indication of a significant drop off
in serious firearm-related offences. Some categories such
as assault and attempted murder have gone up.
Steve.
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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