[Denver]

[quote=steve@thaib]

Originally Posted by Izeickl

The Dunblane appeal was simply a knee jerk reaction to appease the outcry at the time.

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Sorry mate, can't agree. The guns used in Dunblane, and in Hungerford, were held legally. The laws as they stood put these weapons in the hands of these men. Taking them away was not what I would call a knee-jerk reaction, the outcry was perfectly valid. If some maniac locks my 6 year old kid in a classroom and starts taking potshots at them I am going to want answers. Shame on the authorities for not picking him out, but if the system don't work then scrap the system.


Yes, gun crime is worse in the UK than ever. But I truly believe that the gun laws we have are effective. The next would-be-Rambo loser will not be able to hold his guns legally, and quite right in my opinion.

I hear what you say Steve, but I have to keep harping back to what I said about people killing people. If someone has it in his head to walk into a school and do the damage you describe then I think that we have to start looking at why he/she did that in the first place. Of course that could be for a number of reasons - Manic depression, drugs, been p'eed of by something in his society or a violent video game such as the ones blamed for some of the US school attacks.

Should we ban knifes or garden implements because some loony when into a school in Birmingham (I think) and starts trying to hack at the kids. The teacher was totally selfless in defending those kids and took some serious injuries trying to protect them. Why did he do that? Was it something that could have been prevented if this person had recieved what he so obviously needed.

I am not trying to be negative here, I am trying to put another slant or side to this thread. It's just that I am quite opposed to the Nanny state in the UK imposing more and more restrictions on how I can live my daily life. Let's look more closely at the root of what sends such a person over the top and want to do the things that they do. Get to the bottom of it and sort it out!