George Cleveland wrote:
On Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:14:43 +0100, Lazarus Cooke
wrote:
In article , rw
wrote:
http://www.urban75.org/brixton/featu...ng-boards.html
L
I thought that Great Britain had strict gun control. Apparently, I was
misinformed.
Sadly, some of the criminals round here don't always obey the law.
Imagine that. Same here.
Even so (http://www.crimeinfo.org.uk/):
€ Pro rata, the USA has 34 times the number of homicides involving
firearms as England and Wales.
You're cherry picking. What about Scotland, huh? :-)
€ Switzerland and Canada have three times the number of shooting
deaths as the rate in the uk.
Guns are readily available in the US. I have three. I'd bet that the
average number of guns per American ROFF poster is greater than one.
I just happen to live in the worst street in Britain. Although nearly
all my neighbours are very good people, many of them come from a
country where gun crime and drug dealing are rampant, and the very few
relatives they have who are gun-wielding criminals tend to gravitate to
this neck of the woods.
It must be tough to live in a neighborhood where you're at a
disadvantage when you go unarmed. I'd move if I were you, but if for
some reason I couldn't move, I'd pack.
So you're saying you have a lot of Texans living on your street...
;^)
Good one, George.
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