From: "Derek Bernard", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> But the casual use and possession of such potentially deadly pieces of
> "sports equipment" is frowned upon by the law .... in a bid to ward off
the
> development of a gun-toting culture.
>
> For instance an individual driving to a gun club must keep the gun and
its
> firing mechanism separately, and only in the boot of the vehicle and not
in
> the passenger compartment.
>
> The strict Belgian laws on lethal weapons means that - so far - the open
> display of guns or knives on the streets of Brussels still shocks as much
as
> in Britain or elsewhere in Europe.
>
What the "strict Belgian weapon laws" actually produce is essentially the
same, differing only in degree, from strict UK laws, or strict Washington DC
laws, or strict Nigerian laws, or strict Chinese laws:
1. They disarm victims, while encouraging violent criminals.
2. They divert police resources into counter-productive bureaucracy.
3. They manufacture criminals out of people who have committed no
anti-social act.
4. They undermine and eventually destroy sport shooting.
These are clearly very desirable results and those responsible should be
complimented, promoted and given more power.
Derek Bernard
--
But at least it's legal to use a gun in self-defence in your own home
in Belgium.
Steve.
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