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Old Jan 2nd 2016 | 2:52 am
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Will all the floods and now it's not safe to even get fast food

Video: Police hunt gunmen after shots fired in McDonald's car park in Hull - Telegraph

I think they should ban guns in the UK.
 
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Originally Posted by mrken30
Will all the floods and now it's not safe to even get fast food

Video: Police hunt gunmen after shots fired in McDonald's car park in Hull - Telegraph

I think they should ban guns in the UK.
No-one killed or injured, but, had it been in the states, then there would have been a lot more damage and people killed because they would have had automatics etc.
Keeping people away from McDs is probably a good thing in any case.
 
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Originally Posted by mikelincs
No-one killed or injured, but, had it been in the states, then there would have been a lot more damage and people killed because they would have had automatics .....
Who would have had "automatics"? The police don't use them, and they are very rare in civilian hands. The starting price for the cheapest automatic gun is almost $10,000.

Assuming the shots were fired from a pistol, it was almost certainly a semi-automatic weapon, which would include revolvers. Almost all pistols are semi automatic, other than historic guns and related reproductions.

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Originally Posted by mikelincs
had it been in the states, then there would have been a lot more damage and people killed because they would have had automatics etc
 
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The UK has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. The weapons used almost certainly wouldn't have been held legally.
 
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Originally Posted by BritInParis
The UK has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. The weapons used almost certainly wouldn't have been held legally.
Makes all the difference?

Many drugs are illegal in the UK also, do you know how difficult it is to buy illegal items in the UK, not very.
 
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Originally Posted by mrken30
Makes all the difference?

Many drugs are illegal in the UK also, do you know how difficult it is to buy illegal items in the UK, not very.
You said "I think they should ban guns in the UK." What's the point then if you think it makes no difference?
 
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You said "I think they should ban guns in the UK." What's the point then if you think it makes no difference?
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In contrast such things are a daily occurance in the US and barely make headlines.
 
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Pass all the laws you want about gun control but in the end it comes down to the honest citizenry respecting those laws and the criminal element saying "get stuffed"
 
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Originally Posted by mrken30
.... do you know how difficult it is to buy illegal items in the UK, not very.
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Pass all the laws you want about gun control but in the end it comes down to the honest citizenry respecting those laws and the criminal element saying "get stuffed"
The only people who have ready access to guns in the UK, other than the military and police, are criminals.
 
Old Jan 2nd 2016 | 5:19 am
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
The only people who have ready access to guns in the UK, other than the military and police, are criminals.
I believe shotguns are still legal
 
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
The only people who have ready access to guns in the UK, other than the military and police, are criminals.
Hardly a recommendation for imposing strict gun control and repealing the Second Amendment then is it?
 
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Guns all over the place around Mallorca (but limited to shotguns). Saturday mornings sound like a war zone (hunters).

Curiously though, not much gun violence (on humans anyway). I believe it's far more cultural than a matter of law. I know it's possible for anyone to buy a handgun - illegally - but most people just don't feel the need to have one. People just don't seem to think it's an "entitlement", and most are culturally averse to robbery, violence, etc. They really don't seem to like that stuff at all.
 


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