Oddly enough.. the Supreme Court is hearing a 2nd Amendment argument right now. First time ever. Results are expected in June.
That should be an interesting read for us on this side of the Pond, who generally use a house brick to throw at next door Neighbours annoying Cat, rather than use a Colt '45 to achieve the desired result......!
LOL...!
Paul...
Charlton Heston.....Films = Good choice....NRA = Bad Choice!....
Nahh.. It was a good choice. Private gun ownership is a right he felt strongly about. A genuine war hero, accomplished actor and devoted husband for 64 years, is a GOOD man to have backing a cause :)
I'll throw a shoe at the annoying cat, but if it's an un-welcome, human intruder, he'll have to answer to the 45 ;)
I know it's never going to go away, but we "Brits" from the Homeland this side of the Pond can never really understand our American Cousins and their fascination for "Guns".
Not all of us Fozzer, this "we Brits" had to hand over some fine machinery when the government jerked it's knee many years ago.........and got sod all in compensation I may add!. I grew up in the countryside and started shooting when I was about seven years old. It progressed to a sport that I was rather good at...........well if representing your country means anything. Then over night it was all gone. Back in the day there was about 132,000 licenses. That does not reflect the number of guns though. One Chit, many guns. After the ban, people just changed the guns that they shot for ones they could. The ownership of handguns is not completely illegal in the UK as people seem to think. There are a few game wardens that are licensed and the ownership and use of black powder handguns is legal (licensed of course). License numbers to day are in the same region that they where back when the ban came in place. Take into account then number of people that are members of clubs, but do not have a license and that number increases quite a bit, in fact to around 700,000 people with an interest in shooting in one form or another. A number that is of quite an importance to out business community. At the end of the day, "we" (well not me, I am now in Germany and have got back my "machinery") are here, but we just don't shout about it.
Matt
People Eating Tasty Animals.
...)...is the comparison of African American "Gangsters" in Los Angeles, Oakland, New York, etc, etc, which I see every day in the U.S. News, who now appear on the streets in our major Cities in England, wiping out each other with their various fire-power weaponry, and anyone else who happens to be around at the time... 
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"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is."
