Sorry BT but if inconveniencing legitimate gun users was the price to pay for not having 16 5-year olds and their teacher murdered just tell me where to sign up.
I know a few people that have guns, some for target use, others for hunting and pest control, but it's not a topic I know very much about. As I understand it, if I wanted to legally own a gun, I can apply, and subject to meeting the requirements, I'm liable to be allowed one. Do you have any specific examples of the inconvenience to legitimate owners? Criminals will always be able to get one if they want one, but I think the current system at least makes it more difficult to get, and to explain owning one, so the criminals weapon of choice tends to be something other than a gun as a consequence.
I’ve always drunk Newkie Brown out of a half pint glass Not sure why...you just do don’t you? (Bottle with half pint glass)
Pfft, lightweights. You're both wrong, it should be a 12 fluid ounce Wellington glass. I thought everyone knew that.
Down the middle then!! Honours even with me and den!! We can just mutter **** under our breath while shaking hands
Remembering at the time the sportists who used hand guns competitively were up in arms about the ban, subsequent mission creep has effected the remaining gun owners. I know it's been discussed on here before about the gun crime stats (not easy to find) but the criminals seem to have little trouble in getting hold of guns. I think Dunblane was the first and only case of a loony going into a school and carrying out mass murder, before and after the gun ban.
I used to drink in a pub in the Strand in London opposite the law courts, as a co-worker's brother was the landlord, with him and a bunch of barrister's clerks. Every round was all half pints, which meant three things: a) you drink 2 half pints quicker than 1 full pint, that's a fact, hence more drinking overall, b) each round is cheaper and c) everyone gets to buy a round despite being up to 10 or more in the group often times. They had it sorted with the perfect system!
Although not a school Robert Ryan went on a shooting spree in Hungerford in 1987 which lead to the 1988 Fire Arms Act which banned the ownership of higher capacity shotguns and most types of semi-automatic rifles. There really hasn't been a similar mass shooting, with those types of weapons since, so you have to say the legislation was a success. Similarly after the Dunblane massacre in 1996 all handguns except single shot .22 pistols we banned by the 1997 Firearms act. This act was amended after the election the same year to ban the .22s too. Until the 2012 Olympics even the British Olympic team had to train abroad. Again as there hasn't been a mass shooting in the UK since so you have to say it was a success. Don't get me wrong I really enjoyed shooting and think its a fun thing to do but I also appreciate how dangerous guns are and for me they should be difficult to own for all sorts of reasons. Criminals do and always will get hold of guns but its not an easy thing to do. Gun crime on the UK is very very low compared to other nations higher gun ownership/availability. I also think some of the horrific terrorist acts carried out with nutters with knives could have potentially been much worse if they'd had access to automatic weapons.... One last point (sorry for the long post) but the successful suicide rate would be much higher if people had free access to guns too.
From Garry bushels column I couldn’t agree more. True comedy legend and should be celebrated. The Benny Hill Statue Campaign is aiming to put on a week of fund-raising events in April 2022 to mark the 30th anniversary of Benny’s death. Sadly, the biggest theatre in Southampton yesterday refused to let us stage an event there on the grounds that the CEO didn’t think now was the right time to raise the statue and didn’t like the big name comedians who had agreed to take part. So not only is the guy snubbing the biggest star ever to come out of Southampton, he’s also setting himself up as an arbiter of who is and who isn’t “allowed” to make us laugh. Who does he think he is, the BBC? Here is my vow: the show will go on, at another venue – or venues – and the statue will be raised. Lockdown has made us realise how much we need laughter, and how poor television has become at delivering it. That’s why we should cherish the memory of genuine comedy icons.
