On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:10:25 -0700, C. D. Tavares wrote: >Some very quotable lines in today's Telegraph about British gun laws:
>> Gun laws that constrain the law-abiding >> We have, post-Dunblane, what are said to be the toughest gun >> control laws in the world. They have actually proved strikingly >> ineffectual. Gun crime has doubled since they were introduced. >> Young hoodlums are able to acquire handguns... >> The only people currently incommoded by the firearms laws are >> legitimate holders of shotgun licences, who are subjected to the >> most onerous police checks. >Full article at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/ >opinion/2007/02/16/dl1601.xml The rest of the story isn't as nice: "The truth is that the laws relating to possession of guns are nowhere near tough enough." _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
