Ban all firearms?

[Markio]

Take comfort in the fact that nobody takes any notice of Internet petitions, least of all this Government. :unsure:

 

I was about to mentioned that, surely with all the dumb **** petitions that are being created no one is going to sift through them all. "Dear prime minister, my sister doesn't like hamsters, please ban my sister, Matthew, age 5". "Dear prime minister, i don't like guns, Matthews sister, age 7". Yawn...

 

I think by creating an on-line petition and blanket emailing everyone and getting them to put their name down actually devalues (tired and can't think of the correct word sorry!) the whole idea of a petition.

[jcbruno]

i sure hope that doesnt happen to you folks its the same thing here in Canada and well everywere in the free world best of luck dont give up :unsure:

[SNAKEBITE]

The point of the 1997 ban wasn't to stop criminals having handguns, or indeed the 1988 semi auto ban to stop criminals having semi autos. It was to stop law abiders from having them. Each firearms act was a response to legally held firearms of that type being used against other human beings of mind blowing magnitude in the atrocities of Hungerford and Dunblane.

 

We shouldn't get confused that these firearms acts were to stop or reduce firearms crime. Reasoning of the government is, stopping law abiders from having these weapons would prevent other massacres of the same description by law abiders using these weapons.

 

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Probably wont be popular for writing this but I feel that the other side of the argument should be put across. Personally a ban of any description goes against civil liberties and I certainly don't support these bans.

 

Well done for putting the other side of the arguement across. Now sod off and get a life. :unsure: (JOKE!)

 

You can apply that arguement to knives of the kitchen variety, screwdrivers, hammers and what about those kebab skewers? positively anti social those skewers.

 

That bloke whos is (allegedly) doing those "sexual workers" in Ipswitch, not a semi auto or handgun in sight yet he seems to be doing fairly well doesn't he?

If some psycho is on the loose whether or not he has a firearm he will still be a psycho. So unless we ban everything that is sharp or not made of cotton wool there will be an offensive weapon with which to cave someones head in. We are humans, it's what we do best.

[pin]

We shouldn't get confused that these firearms acts were to stop or reduce firearms crime. Reasoning of the government is, stopping law abiders from having these weapons would prevent other massacres of the same description by law abiders using these weapons.

 

Erm, explain to me how it is possible to massacre people and still be a law abiding citizen?

[Cranfield]

Ahh, but they could have been law abiders before they did any massacring.

 

The banning of handguns was a quick fix/knee jerk response and most people now admit this (including Michael Howard MP, when I spoke to him about it).

 

Its easier to ban, than permit, as it usually has far less implications and responsibilities.

The same as its easier to say "No", than "Yes".

[Bazooka Joe]

37 years old, single. Hurt badly by the only boyfriend she has ever had. Unattractive with mousey straight hair and a fringe. Probably has a bit of a tash going on. Probably has a few cats for company, probably reasonably well off, probably drives a toyota pryus or something like that. Bedroom probably has too much pink in it, probably a few teddies in there too. Guardian reader.

 

Add to that;;;

 

Four eyed, crossed eyed, humpybacked, trebled chinned, quadruppled bellied, knock kneed, pigeon toed, saggy ti**ed ****, just imagine her with a wind turbine in the back garden, running her favourite battery operated toy.

 

BJ.

[DaveK]

They aren't exactly flooding to support her cause, still only her on the petition. :unsure:

 

 

Unfortunately we've now pointed the antis that read these forums in the direction of another petition they can sign.

[J@mes]

37 years old, single. Hurt badly by the only boyfriend she has ever had. Unattractive with mousey straight hair and a fringe. Probably has a bit of a tash going on. Probably has a few cats for company, probably reasonably well off, probably drives a toyota pryus or something like that. Bedroom probably has too much pink in it, probably a few teddies in there too. Guardian reader.

 

Add to that;;;

 

Four eyed, crossed eyed, humpybacked, trebled chinned, quadruppled bellied, knock kneed, pigeon toed, saggy ti**ed ****, just imagine her with a wind turbine in the back garden, running her favourite battery operated toy.

 

BJ.

 

 

not something i want to think about.... :unsure:

[Highlander]

Cranners is probably right about this and any of the other petitions doing the rounds…the chances of any, let alone this government taking a blind bit of notice of them is zilch. Just another Mr Bliar sop to the masses! The real problem is our government wanting to ban guns for this very simple reason… Banning ALL firearms will make work so much easier for our poor lame brained police forces…at the moment if you have a gun you may or may not be a criminal (duh my brain hurts) BUT ban them and then if you have a gun you most definitely are a criminal so we can shoot you! See easy no thought pattern to it and you can now lower the IQ threshold for employment in the police force even more. :unsure:

 

and before I get lambasted by any nice policemen on here I'm not blaming you guys just the b***** system we're faced with.

[mossy835]

i take it that the criminals will give up there guns as well.