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May 27, 2005
You Can Take My Carving Knife....
...when you pry it out of my cold dead hand.
Currently it is illegal to use leathal force to defend yourself, your home, or your family from attack in Britain and almost all privately owned firearms are illegal. Unsurprisingly gun crimes and robberies are rampant. The population is not vulnerable enough for some Britains who want to make most knives illegal to own as well, even if you limit their use to your private kitchen and have no criminal history. Here is the report, along with the BBC's take on it. As Dan points out criminals will either ignore this law like they have with other weapons laws or they will use another weapon.
Posted by Pete at May 27, 2005 02:29 PM
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