Anyway, back to the man in the booth next door. Upon entering he set the target thingy to the flip setting (as you can see I really mastered the lingo) and kept muttering things to himself while performing commando rolls, sitting in a lotus position, writhing around like a drowning snake and drawing his gun from his holster and firing in various directions. He then proceeded to do press ups - press ups! - in the booth before holding a bag of sand in one hand and continuing to fire with the other. We nicknamed him "Death Wish". He was weird. He was preparing for something. Whatever it is, I hope it happens at a gun range rather than the street.
I am very glad we are on the whole an unarmed society in Britain.
From 1991 to 1995, crimes against the person in England's inner cities increased 91 percent. And in the four years from 1997 to 2001, the rate of violent crime more than doubled. Your chances of being mugged in London are now six times greater than in New York. England's rates of assault, robbery, and burglary are far higher than America's, and 53 percent of English burglaries occur while occupants are at home, compared with 13 percent in the U.S., where burglars admit to fearing armed homeowners more than the police. In a United Nations study of crime in 18 developed nations published in July, England and Wales led the Western world's crime league, with nearly 55 crimes per 100 people.
The 1920 Firearms Act was the first serious British restriction on guns. Although crime was low in England in 1920, the government feared massive labor disruption and a Bolshevik revolution.
In 1969 police were informed "it should never be necessary for anyone to possess a firearm for the protection of his house or person." These changes were made without public knowledge or debate. Their enforcement has consumed hundreds of thousands of police hours. Finally, in 1997 handguns were banned. Proposed exemptions for handicapped shooters and the British Olympic team were rejected.
The English government has effectively abolished the right of Englishmen, confirmed in their 1689 Bill of Rights, to "have arms for their defence," insisting upon a monopoly of force it can succeed in imposing only on law-abiding citizens. It has come perilously close to depriving its people of the ability to protect themselves at all, and the result is a more, not less, dangerous society. Despite the English tendency to decry America's "vigilante values," English policy makers would do well to consider a return to these crucial common law values, which stood them so well in the past.
English Bill of Rights: That the subjects which are protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed by law (1689).
Second Amendment: A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
He was weird. He was preparing for something. Whatever it is, I hope it happens at a gun range rather than the street.
OK...A British guy commenting on people with bad teeth. Now that's funny!
You are mistaking his tactics for enlightenmentActual experience with gunowners changed that writer's beliefs from the extreme bigotry to soft bigotry, and we're supposed to congratulate him on his progressive thinking openness?
kept muttering things to himself while performing commando rolls, sitting in a lotus position, writhing around like a drowning snake and drawing his gun from his holster and firing in various directions. He then proceeded to do press ups - press ups! - in the booth before holding a bag of sand in one hand and continuing to fire with the other.
Challenge Churchill! One in four think Winnie didn't exist (but Sherlock Holmes did)
Never, in the field of human ignorance, have so many known so little about famous Britons.
A quarter of the population think that Winston Churchill never actually existed, a survey suggests.
I do not expect my friends to adopt my personal views just because I helped them out once or twice.Would someone tell me, please, why we bothered to save England not once, but twice last century from the Germans? What despicable ingratitude!
I do not expect my friends to adopt my personal views just because I helped them out once or twice.
I do not expect my friends to adopt my personal views just because I helped them out once or twice.
Would someone tell me, please, why we bothered to save England not once, but twice last century from the Germans? What despicable ingratitude!
Kinda missed the point there. A lot of "tests" are merely to certify that you actually read the material.
All first-time visitors will be required to complete a safety questionnaire. This is an educational exercise, not a graded test.