More senseless murders by a gun wielding deputy sheriff in the USA-when will they learn .?

Question

Over 10,000 killed in 1 year by gun crime,and thats in the states.they should not moan when soldiers get killed overseas when 10 times more people get killed in their own backyard by gun crime.Is it not time that it was made illigal to carry firearms as it is in the UK .I realise that it is te use of the weapon and not the weapon itself that causes the killings but are there too many guns in the USA on the streets.?

Answer 1

As a Brit and someone who used to be a police officer, as well as someone who used to have a firearms certificate for smallbore and fullbore rifles and pistols and who had to give up his handguns (for target shooting) when the laws changed. Now, my point is this - how has banning legally held weapons by law abiding persons like myself affected the firearms offences in the UK? In fact it has had no affect whatsoever. Gun crimes in the UK increases year after year, with so many weapons coming in from the old Eastern Block through the borders of Europe into the UK.

People will always get weapons if they want them.

Those that would want to use weapons for criminal activities in 'their own backyard' would get hold of guns no matter what law changes took place.

In most states in the USA it is illegal to carry guns without a permit or with good reason (going to ranges etc).

Criminals will always get hold of guns no matter what.

Just a shame that a trained, legal weapon carrier lost the plot!


EDIT: Look at the number of gun related crimes that have taken place here in the UK so far this year; frightening. How many were with licensed guns? a big fat zero!

Answer 2

Phone Won't Stop Ringing? Here's What You Do Leola Starling of Ribrock, Tenn., had a serious telephone problem. But unlike most people she did something about it. The brand-new $10 million Ribrock Plaza Motel opened nearby and had acquired almost the same telephone number as Leola. From the moment the motel opened, Leola was besieged by calls not for her. Since she had the same phone number for years, she felt that she had a case to persuade the motel management to change its number. Naturally, the management refused claiming that it could not change its stationery. The phone company was not helpful, either. A number was a number, and just because a customer was getting someone else's calls 24 hours a day didn't make it responsible. After her pleas fell on deaf ears, Leola decided to take matters into her own hands. At 9 o'clock the phone rang. Someone from Memphis was calling the motel and asked for a room for the following Tuesday. Leoloa said, "No problem. How many nights?" A few hours later Dallas checked in. A secretary wanted a suite with two bedrooms for a week. Emboldened, Leola said the Presidential Suite on the 10th floor was available for $600 a night. The secretary said that she would take it and asked if the hotel wanted a deposit. "No, that won't be necessary," Leola said. "We trust you." The next day was a busy one for Leola. In the morning, she booked an electric appliance manufacturers' convention for Memorial Day weekend, a college prom and a reunion of the 82nd Airborne veterans from World War II. She turned on her answering machine during lunchtime so that she could watch her favorite soap opera, but her biggest challenge came in the afternoon when a mother called to book the ballroom for her daughter's wedding in June. Leola assured the woman that it would be no problem and asked if she would be providing the flowers or did she want the hotel to take care of it. The mother said that she would prefer the hotel to handle the floral arrangements. Then the question of valet parking came up. Once again Leola was helpful. "There's no charge for valet parking, but we always recommend that the client tips the drivers." Within a few months, the Ribrock Plaza Motel was a disaster area. People kept showing up for weddings, bar mitzvahs, and Sweet Sixteen parties and were all told there were no such events. Leola had her final revenge when she read in the local paper that the motel might go bankrupt. Her phone rang, and an executive from Marriott said, "We're prepared to offer you $200,000 for the motel." Leola replied. "We'll take it, but only if you change the telephone number."

Answer 3

uk and born on the south coast white if that is of any importance to you.
if i could vote in the us i would support the right to bear and ccw. but not gun free zones that include those with a ccw.
in the uk i would not support any of the above.
the us has a history and culture that includes the gun the uk has not. if guns became legal overnight, we would not have enough body bags, pub brawls would become gunfights.
however unless the law manages to curb the shootings here, the public will sooner or later say to hell with the law, and carry for protection. after all any protection is better than none.
and i'm just waiting for someone to start a campaign to ban cars, after all no cars means no car related crime right?
checkout this link for a bit of info http://www.gunfacts.info/

Answer 4

Why don't you look at the statistics of crimes committed since they outlawed them in the UK? They're even talking about banning steak knives now, next will be bats, then will be chains. If anything, they should outlaw stupidity. Then you'd be locked up.

http://www.gunslot.com/articles/gun-and-firearms-laws-justice-culture-and-crime-foreign-countries

http://www.davekopel.com/2a/LawRev/SlipperySlope.htm

http://www.liberty-page.com/issues/firearms/control.html#britain

Answer 5

First of all the cops should not be allowed to carry guns because they are reckless with them. In order to maintain gun control the laws already on the books need only to be enforced. Give up your guns and give up your freedoms of
which you have very little left as it is.

Answer 6

The gun lobby in the US is very effective. Facts don't seem to make any difference. Even the fact that a member of your household is 37 times more likely to be killed by a gun in your house than an intruder.

The fact is, more guns in circulation mean more murders by guns. You can say "guns don't kill people...", but the fact is, more available guns do result in more deaths and more gun violence on the streets.

I think that the UK has the right idea.

Answer 7

Criminals chose their profession. One hazard of that job is being shot by law enforcement.

There are not nearly enough firearms in the USA. I am responsible for my own defence. I am responsible for my child's defence.

Gun grabbers tend to ignore how many lives been saved by proper use of firearms. Gun grabbers tend to ignore how many crimes have been stopped by armed citizens.

Ban criminals, not guns.

I understand by your question that there are no violent crimes in the Utopian Kingdom.

Answer 8

50,000 killed every year on the hiway 25000 by drunk drivers, sure am glad drunk driving is against the law, sure fixed that problem . Yeah, check the crime statistics in the UK, with no guns it is so much safer for the criminal punks. HE WAS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, DA, IF GUNS WERE BANNED HE WOULD STILL HAVE HIS ALONG WITH THE CRIMINALS. CRIMINALS DO NOT OBEY GUN LAWS.

Answer 9

It`s the insane and the criminals they need to target not the responsable gun user.

Answer 10

too many guns in the world