good article from the London 'Times'

[Isildur]

***? European mainstream media publishing pro-gun articles? Awesome - great article!

I especially like these lines

We now are shocked that so many ordinary people should have been carrying guns in the street; the Edwardians were shocked rather by the idea of an armed robbery.

 

[Wheeler44]

I cannot believe the number of THR members that think that all members of the UK are anti-gun. Even after some very insightful comments by THR members from the UK.
Is every American a wife-beater wearin' ,NASCAR watchin', gun totin' redneck?

There is an incredible amount of diversity just among the members of this site, let alone across the USA. How can anyone paint each and every person from the UK with the same brush?

Wheeler44

 

[Mk VII]

How can anyone paint each and every person from the UK with the same brush?

A large number of people round here seem happy to do so, from the well-polished aphorisms they wheel out every time the subject gets discussed.
I have, over the months and years, got[ten] the feeling that many here do not wish us well, and a much smaller number actively wish us ill.

 

[trueblue1776]

I don't wish anybody ill. The submission of free men amazes me, the thought of that catching on here is terrifying.

We have no shortage of faux intellectuals who believe the Europeans do everything best, and would love to copy some of your (British) politics.

 

[The Unknown User]

These are awesome.

 

[Wheeler44]

Mk 7, As a full blooded American (whatever that means, and no I am not Native American) I (and my SMLE) wait for the people and politicians of your country to come back to their senses. I know many UK citizens and most were gunnies. I hope that you will get to enjoy some form of normal gun ownership in the near future. Maybe articles like the one in the lead thread will help towards that end.

 

[The Canuck]

I actually sent in a letter in strong support of this piece, but it has not yet been published.

 

[Phaetos]

Even after some very insightful comments by THR members from the UK.
Is every American a wife-beater wearin' ,NASCAR watchin', gun totin' redneck?

Well, there are quite a few of them that think we all sound like Jeff Foxworthy

 

[sterling180]

This article makes a change from the ignorant comments,that the antis make,which drives me mad,just by reading them.At least a journalist here has bothered to research properly,instead of going in guns blazing,so to speak.I wish that more journalists were as honest and decent as that one,instead of creating articles,based on lies and half-truths,about guns,shooting sports and crime.