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TheWraith Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-22-09 11:42 AM
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19. Incredibly strict gun laws, yes.
Registration, certification, approval by police, restriction of magazines, no handguns at all, no allowance for self-defense, two character references, approval by a doctor, --so many laws and ways to refuse ownership that new gun purchases are considered de facto banned in the UK. Not that you can buy a sub-machine gun anywhere outside of the government or the third world.
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  -Schoolgirl, 13, arrested after sub-machine gun found in her wardrobe onehandle  Jul-22-09 11:05 AM   #0 
  - damn  melm00se   Jul-22-09 11:06 AM   #1 
  - Sure do, but apparently they don't work so good  derby378   Jul-22-09 11:37 AM   #17 
  - How horrifying.  applegrove   Jul-23-09 04:02 PM   #68 
  - Incredibly strict gun laws, yes.  TheWraith   Jul-22-09 11:42 AM   #19 
  - WTF x10000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Bankhead_ATL   Jul-22-09 11:06 AM   #2 
  - Those British cops don't fuck around  slackmaster   Jul-22-09 11:06 AM   #3 
  - They certainly don't.  IntravenousDemilo   Jul-22-09 11:17 AM   #8 
  - It's an overreaction because teens have no history of violent use of weapons.  Buzz Clik   Jul-22-09 11:27 AM   #12 
  - overreaction?  melm00se   Jul-22-09 11:19 AM   #9 
  - I'll paint you a picture.  AtheistCrusader   Jul-22-09 12:11 PM   #27 
  - wow  melm00se   Jul-22-09 12:45 PM   #42 
     - Incorrect.  AtheistCrusader   Jul-22-09 12:51 PM   #44 
  - How about knocking on the door and serving a search warrant?  TheWraith   Jul-22-09 12:26 PM   #36 
  - Or arrest the girl outside the home.  AtheistCrusader   Jul-22-09 12:53 PM   #45 
  - Nobody was being threatened with deadly force  slackmaster   Jul-22-09 01:18 PM   #48 
  - Um,  polmaven   Jul-22-09 11:39 AM   #18 
  - Damn jackbooted thugs and their concern for public safety!  onehandle   Jul-22-09 12:19 PM   #34 
     - You are half right  slackmaster   Jul-22-09 01:20 PM   #49 
  - One of the effects of strong gun control...  virginia mountainman   Jul-22-09 11:07 AM   #4 
  - So Glad You're Amused By All This........ (n/t)  Paladin   Jul-22-09 11:09 AM   #5 
  - What amusement? (nt)  redqueen   Jul-22-09 11:12 AM   #7 
  - Another gun-free zone that isn't.  N7255Q   Jul-22-09 11:22 AM   #10 
  - Making guns illegal doesn't make them non-existent.  Buzz Clik   Jul-22-09 11:30 AM   #15 
  - That's your take on this? A 13-year-old has this kind of weapon, and it's because of gun control?  Buzz Clik   Jul-22-09 11:28 AM   #13 
     - I am saying;  virginia mountainman   Jul-22-09 12:46 PM   #43 
        - Yeah, because pistols are so much harder to hide...  Javaman   Jul-23-09 10:19 AM   #62 
        - Most submachine guns are quite compact... not much bigger than a pistol...  Endangered Specie   Aug-05-09 12:39 AM   #71 
        - 'since the gun ban in the UK'???  LeftishBrit   Aug-05-09 05:50 AM   #72 
  - Well blimey!  Steerpike   Jul-22-09 11:12 AM   #6 
  - Atta Girl!!  Hassin Bin Sober   Jul-22-09 11:23 AM   #11 
  - Yep. You captured the moment. It's funny.  Buzz Clik   Jul-22-09 11:29 AM   #14 
  - Dollars to donuts that it was hidden by the "gang member"....  Aviation Pro   Jul-22-09 11:34 AM   #16 
  - I bet it was a super-soaker.  onehandle   Jul-22-09 12:17 PM   #32 
  - At least she got to keep her pickup truck.  Renew Deal   Jul-22-09 11:44 AM   #20 
  - hmmm... I'm no gun control whacko, but ...  Piewhacket   Jul-22-09 11:48 AM   #21 
  - I don't think that's a comment filled with testosterone...  JayMusgrove   Jul-22-09 11:55 AM   #23 
     - Sorry to disagree,  Piewhacket   Jul-22-09 01:12 PM   #47 
  - Was it a rifle or a submachine gun?  Recursion   Jul-22-09 11:53 AM   #22 
  - Does it really matter?  Akoto   Jul-22-09 11:59 AM   #24 
  - Actually  AtheistCrusader   Jul-22-09 12:07 PM   #26 
  - Other people aren't you or your father, though.  Akoto   Jul-22-09 12:15 PM   #30 
  - Well sure,  polmaven   Jul-22-09 12:28 PM   #38 
     - No, a .22 long rifle.  AtheistCrusader   Jul-22-09 12:31 PM   #39 
  - So accuracy stops mattering when it's a sufficiently panicky subject? (nt)  Posteritatis   Jul-22-09 02:14 PM   #54 
  - If it's an M-16, it's an Assault Rifle. Not a Sub-Machine Gun.  AtheistCrusader   Jul-22-09 12:03 PM   #25 
  - Oh thank God!  onehandle   Jul-22-09 12:16 PM   #31 
     - He asked a question, I answered it.  AtheistCrusader   Jul-22-09 12:19 PM   #33 
  - I see "schoolgirl, 13" and "gun" in the headline.  onehandle   Jul-22-09 12:13 PM   #29 
  - I owned two guns when I was 13  Recursion   Jul-22-09 12:40 PM   #40 
  - We 'depress it' because it's obviously crap journalism from stem to stern.  AtheistCrusader   Jul-22-09 01:02 PM   #46 
     - "real" news article?  T_i_B   Jul-23-09 04:27 AM   #59 
        - Ok, but that piece looks like actual journalism  AtheistCrusader   Jul-23-09 11:17 AM   #63 
        - TLP has a picture of the weapon now too.  AtheistCrusader   Jul-23-09 11:28 AM   #65 
  - Neither - Apparently it wasn't even a firearm  slackmaster   Jul-22-09 01:24 PM   #52 
  - She don't like Mondays. n/t  Scurrilous   Jul-22-09 12:12 PM   #28 
  - My first thought as well. All I can say is, if I had access to a gun when  Coventina   Jul-22-09 12:24 PM   #35 
  - What's the flap? Submachine guns don't kill people. School girls do.  No Elephants   Jul-22-09 12:27 PM   #37 
  - stop fucking believing the Daily Heil  tocqueville   Jul-22-09 12:45 PM   #41 
  - Wait, its a damn BB GUN?!?!?!  NickB79   Jul-22-09 01:22 PM   #50 
  - Well, that was fun while it lasted.  slackmaster   Jul-22-09 01:22 PM   #51 
  - I actually figured that it was an airsoft gun or something. (nt)  Posteritatis   Jul-22-09 02:15 PM   #55 
  - I wouldn't trust The London Paper either if I were you  T_i_B   Jul-23-09 04:30 AM   #60 
  - But I thought guns were illegal in the UK! How did it get there? (nt)  brendan120678   Jul-22-09 01:49 PM   #53 
  - Many's the time when I was that age ...  Myrina   Jul-22-09 03:57 PM   #56 
  - Interestingly...  beevul   Jul-22-09 08:18 PM   #57 
  - The Daily Mail made it sound like the 2nd coming of Columbine  caseymoz   Jul-22-09 10:53 PM   #58 
  - Why is this in the UK forum instead of the Gungeon?  T_i_B   Jul-23-09 04:31 AM   #61 
  - OP probably wanted to bury it after he realized it's probably a replica.  AtheistCrusader   Jul-23-09 11:24 AM   #64 
  - And if I wanted sensational and inaccurate articles from RW tabloids...  LeftishBrit   Jul-23-09 11:48 AM   #66 
  - Think how many guns there are in school that the authorities do not know about.  applegrove   Jul-23-09 03:56 PM   #67 
  - This was in the UK, and she didn't take it to school  LeftishBrit   Jul-23-09 04:06 PM   #69 
  - Confirmed it's a replica; no charges  muriel_volestrangler   Jul-23-09 04:25 PM   #70 
 

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