tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post5947206424804330279..comments2023-10-14T11:58:16.814+01:00Comments on Aberavon & Neath Liberal Democrats: Gun controlAberavon and Neath Liberal Democratshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744060533288571298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post-32149900287617420772008-08-06T10:54:00.000+01:002008-08-06T10:54:00.000+01:00To Aberavon:This is a common claim a lot of Brits ...To Aberavon:<BR/>This is a common claim a lot of Brits make, it is commonly due to government propergander (for lack of a better term).<BR/>Gun control increases crime, the UK has some of the highest gun related crimes in the world, higher than the US and most of europe and the world.<BR/>Switzerland has the lowest in Europe, and the least amount of gun control.<BR/>Also, for your information, the 'wild west' had 9 times as lower crime as today, many scholars agree this is due to the fact that citizens we allowed to defend themselves, thus crime did not exist.<BR/>Only major cases, like 'Billy the Kid' and wild west movies are all modern people hear about, thus they assume the worst, however there was hardly any crime.Aleronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03393119135567618434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post-57790724375965666312008-03-11T13:34:00.000+00:002008-03-11T13:34:00.000+00:00We took about a hundred years to achieve the contr...We took about a hundred years to achieve the control of weapons we had until recently. Why should we throw it all away, to turn Britain into the equivalent of the Wild West, or latter-day Iraq?Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democratshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12744060533288571298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29958311.post-84729141168180693062008-03-11T12:19:00.000+00:002008-03-11T12:19:00.000+00:00These controls are pointless anyway. Typical knee-...These controls are pointless anyway. Typical knee-jerk controlling reactions from government.<BR/><BR/>The bad guys will always find ways to get weapons. Gun crime has increased even with the ridiculous gun controls we have.<BR/><BR/>We should liberalise gun laws and repeal all legal impediment against owning firearms for sport or defense (returning the provisions of the Bill of Rights into law, after removal to protect the state from the citizens).Tristanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395992764678278326noreply@blogger.com