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America's 'gun culture' and Piers Morgan's selective outrage (Britain's gun violence up 40%)
American Thinker ^ | 12/25/2012 | David Paulin
Posted on December 25, 2012, 11:11:46 AM EST by SeekAndFind

It's a strange omission: liberal pundits like CNN's Piers Morgan are fulminating over America's "gun culture" following Newtown's school massacre -- yet they seem blissfully ignorant about what happened after Britain's draconian handgun ban following a school massacre in Scotland, in 1996, eerily similar to Newtown's.

After the ban, more than 160,000 law-abiding citizens gave up their handguns. The idea was to stop gun violence. But ironically, the ban had the opposite effect: crime-related gun violence jumped a whopping 40 percent in the two years after the ban. And since then, gun crime has continued to soar at an alarming rate. Anti-gun liberals may be aghast, but as that old NRA bumper sticker stated: "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." One wonders how long before guns are used in another massacre in the United Kingdom; or perhaps next time it will be done by a madman carrying a can of gasoline.

Piers Morgan, an urbane native of England, surely knows what happened after Britain's gun ban. But like others anti-gun media elitists and politicians (whose children are defended by armed guards at upscale private schools) Morgan avoids discussions of the complexities and nuances of gun control and their impact on ordinary people -- that is, law-abiding gun owners. "You're an unbelievably stupid man, aren't you?" Morgan told Larry Pratt, director of Gun Owners of America, during a discussion about gun regulations that included proposed bans on large clips and military-style weapons like the AR-15 used by Newtown, Connecticut's shooter Adam Lanza. Now, an online petition demanding that the smug Brit be deported is drawing tens of thousands of signatures.

Morgan surely knows about Britain's failed effort to reduce gun violence - and how those efforts backfired. Even the lefty BBC took notice --

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[Donny]

The only people who should be in charge of a firearm..are in my opinion trained people.. The Military.

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America's 'gun culture' and Piers Morgan's selective outrage (Britain's gun violence up 40%)
American Thinker ^ | 12/25/2012 | David Paulin
Posted on December 25, 2012, 11:11:46 AM EST by SeekAndFind

It's a strange omission: liberal pundits like CNN's Piers Morgan are fulminating over America's "gun culture" following Newtown's school massacre -- yet they seem blissfully ignorant about what happened after Britain's draconian handgun ban following a school massacre in Scotland, in 1996, eerily similar to Newtown's.

After the ban, more than 160,000 law-abiding citizens gave up their handguns. The idea was to stop gun violence. But ironically, the ban had the opposite effect: crime-related gun violence jumped a whopping 40 percent in the two years after the ban. And since then, gun crime has continued to soar at an alarming rate. Anti-gun liberals may be aghast, but as that old NRA bumper sticker stated: "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." One wonders how long before guns are used in another massacre in the United Kingdom; or perhaps next time it will be done by a madman carrying a can of gasoline.

Piers Morgan, an urbane native of England, surely knows what happened after Britain's gun ban. But like others anti-gun media elitists and politicians (whose children are defended by armed guards at upscale private schools) Morgan avoids discussions of the complexities and nuances of gun control and their impact on ordinary people -- that is, law-abiding gun owners. "You're an unbelievably stupid man, aren't you?" Morgan told Larry Pratt, director of Gun Owners of America, during a discussion about gun regulations that included proposed bans on large clips and military-style weapons like the AR-15 used by Newtown, Connecticut's shooter Adam Lanza. Now, an online petition demanding that the smug Brit be deported is drawing tens of thousands of signatures.

Morgan surely knows about Britain's failed effort to reduce gun violence - and how those efforts backfired. Even the lefty BBC took notice --

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...

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So full of shit


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate

[tonymctones]

So full of shit


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate

3's post was about gun violence yours about gun death....

apples to oranges there buddy.

[WOOO]

3's post was about gun violence yours about gun death....

apples to oranges there buddy.

He's playing the percentage game. Americants shoot themselves and each other like animals.

Brits, while annoying, are far more civilized.

[WOOO]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence

[Donny]

I can only say that in the Military you train to kill. Any civilian here who likes that and guns is full of shit.. see they know nothing

[garebear]

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[tonymctones]

If only we keep guns away from crazy ppl then they would just go about their lives

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1 dead, 3 at large in home invasion at apartment complex(NV)
lasvegassun.com ^ | 24 December, 2012 | Tovin Lapan
Posted on December 25, 2012, 12:20:27 PM EST by marktwain

A suspect is dead and police are seeking three of his cohorts after an apparent home invasion Monday morning at a Las Vegas apartment complex.

Metro Police responded about 10:10 a.m. Monday to La Ventana Apartment Homes, 2901 N. Rainbow Blvd., near West Cheyenne Avenue, after a 911 call from neighbors.

Metro Lt. Ray Steiber said four suspects – at least one of them carrying a firearm – knocked on the door of a first-floor apartment occupied by a couple and their infant. The assailants barged in when the woman occupant answered the door. The intruders were met with armed resistance.

Witnesses reported hearing gunfire exchanged, first inside the apartment and then outside.

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[WOOO]

If only we keep guns away from crazy ppl then they would just go about their lives

Insert picture of baptists, Mormons, etc

[tbombz]

Spare me the whole, “You won’t be happy until everybody has nuclear weapons” reductio ad absurdum. It says arms, as in things that were man portable.

ever heard of briefcase nukes? shoulder fired rockets? grenades? all are portable.   

[WOOO]

ever heard of briefcase nukes? shoulder fired rockets? grenades? all are portable.   

all excellent home defense

[WOOO]

ever heard of briefcase nukes? shoulder fired rockets? grenades? all are portable.   

thinking that a personal home nuclear deterrent makes a lot of sense



























 

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(CA - Strictest Guns Laws in America) AK-47 Found in Paroled Felon's Car after High Speed Chase
L.A. Times ^ | December 24, 2012 | L.A. Times
Posted on 12/26/2012 9:39:53 AM PST by DogByte6RER



AK-47 found in paroled felon's car after high speed chase

Authorities found a loaded AK-47 rifle in the trunk of a car driven by a paroled felon after a high speed pursuit that concluded with a crash and short foot chase.

West Covina police attempted to stop a gray Toyota Camry for traffic violations at the Sunset Avenue exit off the 10 Freeway shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday. The driver led police on a chase that reached speeds in excess of 90 mph on city streets, West Covina police spokesman Rudy Lopez said.

The suspect vehicle entered the westbound 10 Freeway at speeds up to 100 mph before exiting at Temple City Boulevard in Rosemead. The driver tried to negotiate the tur, but hit the retaining wall just east of the offramp, Lopez said.

He swerved into the westbound lanes of the freeway and directly into the path of a pursuing police cruiser, which crashed into him.

The suspect climbed out of the front passenger window and fled on foot. He was arrested after a short chase and taken to County USC Medical Center. No officers were injured.

Robert Anthony Facciponti, 36, of West Covina was booked for felony evading, being a parolee in possession of ammunition, possession of a loaded firearm and an outstanding felony warrant, Lopez said.

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