Just read an article of the BBC website about the “massive” rise in gun crime.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/i'm 17 year old who thinks he's a gangster/6988205.stmHogwash and piffle.
Apparently one in five men claims they can get hold of an illegal firearm. Utter bollocks and macho posturing. I reckon four out of five men can’t fight their way out of a fucking paper bag, never mind know someone who can supply them with a gun.
They also provide some interesting statistics-apparently 45% of people are scared of guns. Well, yes-this really would be the sensible approach wouldn’t it? As opposed to saying, for instance “Oh guns, yeah! I think they’re really cuddly, and sometimes I give mine to my toddler to play with…”
Also, the number of “fatalities and injuries” has increased from 864 in 1998-9 to 3,821 in 2005-6, which sounds alarming until you look at the little graph they provide:
All this shows is that whilst the number of injuries has risen approx 4 fold the number of fatalities has remained pretty much static. This suggests that before we take this “crime epidemic” seriously it might be worth investing in some target practice first…
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I think we need a gun Tsar. Or some equally esoteric title...
Firearms burgermeister perhaps?
Someone like Geoff Capes or possibly Teg Nugent.
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