Comments on: Anti-Gun Insanity from England

By: Evidently having guns does deter crime in certain circumstances. « HaltingArkansasLiberalswithTruth

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:50:24 +0000

[...] is the nation, for instance, that arrested a man for the “crime” of turning in a gun found on his property. Yes, you read correctly. I’m not making that [...]

By: The Bad Results and Unjust Consequences of the United Kingdom’s Gun Ban « International Liberty

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 15:17:00 +0000

[...] nauseating. I already had written about the unjust treatment of Mr. Clarke, but Mr. Nightingale’s legal nightmare is just as [...]

By: For Nutty English Bureaucrats, Ideological Bias and Political Correctness Are More Important than the Well-Being of Children « The blog for taxspecialists

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:35:42 +0000

[...] stupidity in the U.K., followed by an example of foolish bureaucracy in the U.S., and so on and so [...]

By: For Nutty English Bureaucrats, Ideological Bias and Political Correctness Are More Important than the Well-Being of Children « International Liberty

Sun, 25 Nov 2012 15:56:32 +0000

[...] of government stupidity in the U.K., followed by an example of foolish bureaucracy in the U.S., and so on and so [...]

By: Even British Journalists Are Beginning to Acknowledge that Guns Deter Crime | Sago

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 21:32:41 +0000

[...] is the nation, for instance, that arrested a man for the “crime” of turning in a gun found on his property. Yes, you read correctly. I’m not making that [...]

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:53:20 +0000

Over 30 years ago I found some class A drugs hidden behind a drain pipe I lived in the house concerned. And was looking for a block pipe hence I found these drugs. I called the police they told me to leave them where they were I said that is crazy kids are playing around here. I was told if I moved them or touch them I would be charged. I still took them to the police station along with six parents as witnesses.
Nothing ever happen

By: Even British Journalists Are Beginning to Acknowledge that Guns Deter Crime « International Liberty

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 13:15:03 +0000

[...] is the nation, for instance, that arrested a man for the “crime” of turning in a gun found on his property. Yes, you read correctly. I’m not making that [...]

By: Roger Cole

Roger Cole — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 04:37:04 +0000

Yes, of course it was a sawn off shotgun as opposed to a (titter) “sawed off” one. I keep trying to teach my American aquaintances around here in Northern Nevada how to speak English properly, but I find them to be a most ungrateful lot.

By: simplulo

simplulo — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:32:43 +0000

Anyone have any recent stats comparing violent crime in the UK with other countries? 10 years ago The Economist ran this article, “A Nation of Criminals”:
http://www.economist.com/node/513031

By: You Can’t Make Them Stop. Destroy Them With Mockery! « American Elephants

Sun, 08 Jul 2012 14:12:20 +0000

[...] got in trouble with the police for brandishing a knife in her own home. —A man got arrested for finding a gun in his yard and turning it over to the police. —When the chief-starter at the London Olympics [...]

By: The United Kingdom Is Doomed by a Perniciously Wimpy Form of Political Correctness « We Win They Lose

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 20:26:50 +0000

[...] A man got arrested for finding a gun in his yard and turning it over to the police. [...]

By: Prosecution of Gun Owner Is another Reason to Despise Illinois | Tennesseans Watching Federal & State Government

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:59:39 +0000

[...] And you will be flabbergasted by this example of anti-gun zealotry in England. [...]

By: Prosecution of Gun Owner Is another Reason to Despise Illinois | Sago

Prosecution of Gun Owner Is another Reason to Despise Illinois | Sago — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:26:25 +0000

[...] And you will be flabbergasted by this example of anti-gun zealotry in England. [...]

By: Steve Fleischer

Steve Fleischer — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:13:17 +0000

Joseph de Maistre: “Every country has the government it deserves.”

If the members of the jury did not have the brains or the balls to vote to acquit (jury nullification), then they deserve what they get.

I studied in England 40 years ago, back when the English were still men; how far they have fallen.

By: Prosecution of Gun Owner Is another Reason to Despise Illinois « International Liberty

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:50:07 +0000

[...] And you will be flabbergasted by this example of anti-gun zealotry in England. [...]

By: Hellen

Hellen — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:58:47 +0000

PS You publish only his story, it is a story the jury did not believe and so convicted him. On sentencing the judge said his story was implausible. However he was not jailed.

There is a great deal more to the case than is reported here.

By: Hellen

Hellen — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:37:40 +0000

We dont say “shorn off shotgun” in England. It is one of many errors in the article. I suspect it was a sawn off shotgun.

By: Jonathan Weinberg

Jonathan Weinberg — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 05:29:30 +0000

If intent is not relevant, why were the police not also guilty of possessing this firearm?

By: Larry E

Larry E — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:07:29 +0000

A completely irrelevant point: I like that old-world language, the English of our ancestors: “a shorn-off shotgun.”

Of course, here in the U.S. we say “sawed-off” — you never hear “shorn” except maybe in the case of sheep.

But it adds an interesting, exotic note to the story.

By: Which Nation Has Dumber Bureaucrats and More Political Correctness, the United States or United Kingdom? « International Liberty

Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:29:53 +0000

[...] o A man got arrested for finding a gun in his yard and turning it over to the police. [...]