water cannon

[Sternjaeger II]

the good ol' "keeping peace by means of a superior firepower"

You know what, I lived here in the UK for some years now, and I still can't get my head around the obstinate "guns are evil!" policy: the result is that people aren't safe in their homes and that events like the ones of the last days go out of control.

Besides, all this coming from one of the countries which constructed their empire with the use of guns is a bit silly

I have a nice collection of WW2 and WW1 guns, but left them all in custody in Italy, since it's a massive ballache to bring em here..

[McFeckit]

I was born and bred in the UK and have only ever seen one gun in my life, a Magnum as it happens, which I loaded using a spring loader. Once it was loaded the rather simple mechanical device took on a whole new meaning. It was rather scary to be holding a device that could blow someone's head off with a simple click.

I for one am very happy with the UK's no guns policy and have never felt unprotected whatsoever. If you need to kill someone then do it online. And if you feel you 'might' need to kill someone then move country.

Tuppence anyone ?

[CharveL]

So as long as the criminals play by your standards and rules then everyone will be safe and happy!

[Skoshi Tiger]

Originally Posted by McFeckit

It was rather scary to be holding a device that could blow someone's head off with a simple click.
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Tuppence anyone ?

Whats the old saying 'Guns don't kill people, people kill people!"

Maybe the scaryness was a reflection of your own soul? A deep down fear that all that hate and anger from being put down for all those years would rise to the surface and you wouldn't be able to control your self...and now in your very hands you had the means to take revenge?

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No wait a minute! That was me!

Only joking, seriously, If you swapped the guns for cricket bats, you could take that photo anywhere in the UK or Australia and you'ld see a regular bunch of fun loving blokes coming to gether in an expression of their community spirt. I don't know the background for the above photo, could be after Katrina? Any way at least they've got a sense of humor.

Cheers!