The only problem I see with this proposal by the Green party is it does not go far enough.
I am part of a campaign that wants to see a total ban on the private ownership of any gun.
The augments above from gun lovers is typical. Rarely do your hear any compassion or empathy for the victims of their licensed friends – just blind, and outrageous arrogance as they defend their right to own guns and shoot.
Some claim to feel truly sorry for the victims of slaughters like Cumbria and that is refreshing but most gun-lovers are quite blasé about these matters. Most of the time they are turned into statistics and compared to deaths on the road. I’ve even seen Mr Bird the shooter from Cumbria compared to Dr shipman & the London bomber etc. They can never see it as removing an unnecessary risk. We need Drs so we could hardly ban them could we? And, the weapon of choice for the bomber is explosive and that is illegal to have at home. These are just like the knives and car analogies we persistently hear from these people – but nothing they say adds up
Time and time again we hear the same arguments from the pro gun persons as they put themselves forward as the absolute authority on what’s best for our society and us. They are like mini dictators. They tell us we should be armed to protect ourselves because the police cannot. That we should not look to the state to protect us. Well I for one am looking to the state to protect me for the likes of them
It is commonsense that guns should be banned before we have another School, Hospital, or Shopping Center at the middle of another slaughter.
Remove the circa 2 million guns held by 1.5% of our population and this country will be safer and there will be less stock available for the criminals to steal from too. Commonsense there will be fewer guns on our streets – the only people that cannot see this are the gun lovers. It’s time for the other 98.5% of the population to have their say
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