UK: Police bikers in gun gaffe

[2dogs]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/3152510.stm

Police bikers in gun gaffe


Police have removed the T-shirts from sale and apologised

A police motorcycle club has withdrawn T-shirts featuring a gun-wielding skeleton, following criticism by anti-gun lobby groups.
The move came after the Untouchables Motorcycle Club - a club founded in the USA for police officers - opened a Somerset chapter.

The shirts - for sale on the English group's website - showed the American logo, a skeleton carrying a sub-machine gun and the flag of St George.

Motifs on the shirts included: "If it moves shoot it, if it don't jail it" and "Wotcha gonna do when we come for you?"

But on Tuesday, as the chapter withdrew the T-shirts from sale, president Chris Payne - a special constable from Taunton - apologised for any distress caused.

I'm absolutely delighted. I presume that this was just an oversight

Gill Marshall-Andrews
"This club does not and will not advocate the use of unlawful firearms in any shape or form," he said.

"As president of the chapter I would like to apologise if the club's T-shirts have caused any distress particularly to any families who have suffered from gun-related crime.

"The slogans are tongue-in-cheek and American in nature. They will be withdrawn from sale in this country as from today."

He said the club had raised thousands for good causes and would continue to do so.

Earlier the clothing had been criticised by anti-gun campaigners.

Linda Mitchell of the National Gun Control Network, described it as "inappropriate".

Reacting to their withdrawal, she said: "I can't believe we have a police force that is this naive, that they don't believe that this will upset people."

 

[Felonious Monk]

Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you.

 

[El Tejon]

Knickers in a bunch over T-shirts?

Next time someone invades Ingerland, just drop t-shirts and they'll drop their purses and run into the sea.

 

[2dogs]

I would like to apologise if the club's T-shirts have caused any distress


"In a related matter, the British wing of the Hell's Angels motorcycle club apologized for any distress their appearance may cause and have all sworn to shave, get haircuts and wear 3 piece Armani suits."

"We can't be causing distress to people, man" George "Psycho-killer"Weewinky, president of the London chapter was quoted as saying. There is a big difference between the barbarians in the U.S. and we here in the U.K. "We don't like nasty things like guns" Weewinky said, "and we even find that pictures of the dirty things just give us the willies".

 

[El Tejon]

A motorcycle club that mandates suits? Finally a place I can call home!

 

[C.R.Sam]

El T...
I can think of a few wherein the lawyer members dress in that manner when in court.

And I'm not countin ma n pa dresser clubs either.

Sam

 

[Mk VII]

Gill Marshall-Andrews is the local version of Sarah Brady. Her husband is the Labour MP for Medway.
Special Constables are part-time deputies (unpaid). Although politicians and senior police chiefs make dutiful noises about how valuable they are full-time officers regard them as, at best, enthusiastic but incompetent amateurs and at worst, blacklegs doing for nothing the job that another full-time officer should have been hired for. Their position is analogous to that of blacks in the Deep South - more-or-less tolerated unless they get 'uppity'

 

[Norm357]

You havn't been to the deep south latly have you?

Norm

 

[keederdag]

He must mean The "Blacks" As in Black Irish Huh?

 

[Henry Bowman]

Where can I get one of these "banned" T-shirts?

 

[Standing Wolf]

Earlier the clothing had been criticised by anti-gun campaigners.
Linda Mitchell of the National Gun Control Network, described it as "inappropriate".

I was nine years old before I realized "Inappropriate" wasn't my middle name.