Alphecca: Tony Blair: Overhaul UK Gun Laws

February 18, 2007

Tony Blair: Overhaul UK Gun Laws

Gun-free England seems to have a continuing problem with guns... From the London Times:

A man was shot in the leg in North West London overnight as armed gangs continued to show their contempt for the law. Another man was shot dead in East London yesterday and three others wounded in shootings in Manchester.

The attacks follow a spate of gun murders in South London, including the deaths of three teenage boys in the past fortnight which provoked a national debate on youth crime and prompted the Prime Minister to order a review of gun laws.

Mr Blair said today that he was considering various proposals, including lowering the age at which the mandatory five-year sentence for carrying a gun can be imposed from 21 to 17 to remove the incentive for gang leaders to give guns to minors. He also confirmed his backing for a New York-style crackdown in which police could be given new powers to mount surveillance on the homes of people suspected of possessing and using firearms.

“We have got to analyse what is going wrong here. Is it a general state of British society, British young people? And I think it isn't," Mr Blair told the BBC's Sunday AM programme.

“It is about a specific problem within a specific criminal culture to do with guns and gangs, which doesn’t make it any less serious, incidentally, but I think it’s important therefore that we address that actual issue. How do we make sure that these groups of young people within these specific criminal cultures, who are getting into gangs at an early age and using guns, how do we clamp down on them very hard and provide solutions for that?”

Jeff raises his hand and says, "Oh Tony? I have a suggestion. How about allowing the law abiding people to arm themselves so they can blow the fucking heads off these mutant punks when attacked by them? As soon as these thugs realize that their intended victims are no longer defenseless sheep, they might reconsider their life of crime. And if they don't, what's a few dead muggers and thieves in the overall scheme of things?"

There, glad I could help out.

Posted by Jeff Soyer at February 18, 2007 08:19 AM

Comments

But Jeff, that would cause the government to have to relinquish their total control of the law abiding. They would rather have them defenseless and dead, than aware of themselves as free will human beings. Can't have that,old boy.

Next thing you know, they'll think they are somebody and the government isn't God.

Posted by: straightarrow at February 18, 2007 12:02 PM

Maybe Bloomberg can start a chapter over there and send Menino to England to run it? Jack.

Posted by: Jack Lorenz at February 19, 2007 09:38 AM

Poetry, Jeff, pure poetry! Bless your heart.

Posted by: The Bovina Bloviator at February 21, 2007 01:05 PM

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Tony Blair: Overhaul UK Gun Laws

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