good article from the London 'Times'

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i really liked the comparison of british crime rates with vermont.

anyone have any links to vermont data? as in, if I bring this up and people want proof, where do I go?
 
Any feedback from readers in the UK about these ideas? I'd love to believe that the average subject's views were in line with the sentiment of the article. Any blogs or forums "over there" commenting on the articles?
 
I find it instructive that most of the more recently UK-published crime statistics don't even *mention* the terms "firearm", "handgun" or even "knife" - and there are usually no headings related to firearms-related crime. I guess if you outlaw it, you can't have it, so you can't even mention it.
 
It must have taken some serious nerve for a British person to stand up like that.

Great job!
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Of course, a guy standing up has a better chance of getting shot. He needs to learn to duck just like the rest of the people in the UK.

People talk of places turning into the "Wild West" if gun controls are relaxed. I can only hope. From what I hear people were quite safe to walk the streets. From what I hear one's biggest threat to their life and property was alcohol. It's hard to defend against an attacker when you can't hold your revolver steady.

The only good gun control is hitting what you're aiming for.
 
Dear chieftain. the powers to be will never let this flower grow but squash it,its a nice thread but nothing will change.
 
Richard Munday (who I have known, on and off, for some years) is a long-time pro gun activist here.
 
Very articulate and eloquent reasoning. Kudos!

But obviously, this will never survive in the hands of the Ministry of Truth.
 
This is not an news article, it is a opinion piece written by a person who is not employed by the London times. It is good that the LT even published it but it is just one mans opinion against millions.
 
but lots of the replies from readers (under the article) are anti... and almost all anti comments are from the USA - especially CA, Washington DC, and other states. Hard to get through to the sheeple and their dreams of a utopian society.
 
This should be required reading in American high schools. The parallels between where England is and where we are going is clear. Heck lets get this piece in US papers.
This keeps sheeple up at night, thinking of ways shut this kind of thinking down.
 
Wow. Gives one reason to be hopeful, eh wot?

It may be true that the second amendment protects the first, but it is also true that free speech protects RKBA. As long as people are free to express their views, glimmers of truth and rationality will break out now and then.

Even in GB.

K
 
I'm nearly astonished. Cudos to the journalist who had the guts to publish/write this.
 
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