oh yeah...
i remember well when the UK decided to ban outright handguns post Dunblane, even though their ownership was already extremely strictly regulated. i felt then, as i do now, that a total blanket ban was a knee-jerk over-reaction made by fools who believe that they can legislate against the dark side of human nature. it didn't work out particularly well as guess what, some people don't give a shit if is a handgun is illegal or not, and many handguns continue to be used to wound and kill, so it didn't solve the problem.
as for the banning of automatic weapons, i don't remember that, because it never fucking happened, because they were never legal in the first place.
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You wouldn't remember automatic weapons being banned
it was in 1937.
Semi-automatics went after Hungerford.
Handguns after Dunblane. As you say 'strictly regulated' but not so strictly that Thomas Hamilton couldn't own several...
How many people were shot and killed by handguns in 2011 in the UK?
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Larry Death Anger Pain Fear Aggression, Sat 15 Dec 2012, 18:01,
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what, am i your google bitch now? don't know, don't care, going to the pub, yes banning all guns will solve everthing in a very short period of time, it is also a realistic and achievable political aim that will easily be legislated for. oh and aren't americans cunts? happy now?
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2010/11 figures reveal offences commited with handguns was at 3,105
down from its peak (since 1969) of 5,874 in 2002, yet still not below the pre 1996 average. the number of offences committed with shotguns, which happen to be legal btw, was 608.
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Sat 15 Dec 2012, 18:15,
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