How a ban can work .....

[DeadEye Tom]

Since the ban on handgun we had no gun crime what so ever..... yeah right...

looks to me gun crime is on the rise, so why the ban?

[Carter]

looks to me gun crime is on the rise, so why the ban?

Firearm restrictions in the UK have _never_ been about crime prevention
or public safety.

[bignewy]

Firearm restrictions in the UK have _never_ been about crime prevention
or public safety.

I feel like its Blairs way of keeping the gun away from the good common man, incase there was ever an uprising against the goverment.

just my theory

[Carter]

I feel like its Blairs way of keeping the gun away from the good common man, incase there was ever an uprising against the goverment.

It was fear of such an uprising that prompted the Firearms Act of 1920....in a
country awash with WW1 surplus weaponry, it was feared war veterans would
go Bolshevik.

[airgun nut]

Bugger it. When they ban us I'm taking up knitting.

What diameter needles should I use .177 or .22?

[Airbrush]

Come on lads,try a bit of positive thinking.All these negative vibes can tempt fate.

[ikarma70]

Come on lads,try a bit of positive thinking.All these negative vibes can tempt fate.

positive thinking?...tony blair and his w*nk3r labour party cant stay in power forever!

[Dragonboy]

I say the problem is predominantly due to illegal drugs and how does the Government handle this?

They down grade the classification to make it look less of a crime! Good message you’re sending out Mr Blair!

And what happens?

Competition in the dealing world increase which ultimately leads to the turf wars and GUN CRIME!

[Murphy]

Bugger it. When they ban us I'm taking up knitting.

What diameter needles should I use .177 or .22?

For when they ban the BBS

Here

[hadaka-jimi]

For when they ban the BBS

Here

I am sorry but there is a big safety issue there. Knitted psoduct associated with children pictured in front of a nice open fire.......

What are these idiots thinking of !!!

[Dragonboy]

Bugger it. When they ban us I'm taking up knitting.

What diameter needles should I use .177 or .22?

Knitting should be banned too!!! I have still got this mental image of my old man running around my nan living room with a set of needles stucking out his leg and blood everywhere ... my nan use to store her knitting down the side of her chair!

[airgun nut]

Knitting should be banned too!!! I have still got this mental image of my old man running around my nan living room with a set of needles stucking out his leg and blood everywhere ... my nan use to store her knitting down the side of her chair!

This can work....... so all i need to do is abandon........sorry......strategically place, a settee on my shoot stuffed with knitting needles. Unsuspecting bunny hops up, bingo! Now all i need to do is work out how to attain 1" groups and head shots.......hmmmmmmmmm

[Welsh Andy]

Firearm restrictions in the UK have _never_ been about crime prevention
or public safety.

Hitting the nail on the head there.
They started a scare then got votes by dealing with where the public believed the danger came from. Sportsmen like us, not drug dealing gangs

[_NPR_]

Like Prohibition in America, or cannabis in the UK, where there exists already an infrastructure to provide a good or service, criminalising it only removes the legislation and safety measures associated with it. Figures reflect this, in the case of handgun bans, and almost anything else..