As you probably know, London is experiencing a violent crime wave. One trial lawyer there says "London is more dangerous these days than New York." Last summer, the government's own statistics showed a 19 percent nationwide increase in violent crime. In London, robberies jumped 38 percent.
What's the solution? British legislators are working to abolish citizens' right to trial by jury--a legal right that was guaranteed when King John signed the Magna Carta nearly 800 years ago! There's also a proposal to abolish the double jeopardy rule, which prohibits the government from trying a person twice for the same crime. Remember, it's the British system of laws provided the basis for America's legal traditions.
All of this legal nonsense is attacking the symptoms, not the cause of the problem.
No one wants to talk about Britain's ban on privately-owned handguns. In fact, the CBS News article cited below doesn't even mention the words "gun" or "firearm." No one wants to consider that the British government caused the current crime wave by taking away Britons' right to own handguns for self-defense. It's the awful truth--and the statist politicians and the media just can't face it.
Now the government is working to cover up its mistakes and take away more of the people's rights. After all, the populace is unarmed. They'll have to go along with it, because now only the government has the guns. It's a big-government socialist's wet dream: a citizenry that's powerless to respond to infringements upon their rights.
This is what will happen in America if the anti-gun zealots have their way, my friends. Have you ever heard the saying that the Second Amendment protects all the others? It's true.
Government fears armed subjects. That's why the government wants your guns.
http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,289279-412,00.shtml
What's the solution? British legislators are working to abolish citizens' right to trial by jury--a legal right that was guaranteed when King John signed the Magna Carta nearly 800 years ago! There's also a proposal to abolish the double jeopardy rule, which prohibits the government from trying a person twice for the same crime. Remember, it's the British system of laws provided the basis for America's legal traditions.
All of this legal nonsense is attacking the symptoms, not the cause of the problem.
No one wants to talk about Britain's ban on privately-owned handguns. In fact, the CBS News article cited below doesn't even mention the words "gun" or "firearm." No one wants to consider that the British government caused the current crime wave by taking away Britons' right to own handguns for self-defense. It's the awful truth--and the statist politicians and the media just can't face it.
Now the government is working to cover up its mistakes and take away more of the people's rights. After all, the populace is unarmed. They'll have to go along with it, because now only the government has the guns. It's a big-government socialist's wet dream: a citizenry that's powerless to respond to infringements upon their rights.
This is what will happen in America if the anti-gun zealots have their way, my friends. Have you ever heard the saying that the Second Amendment protects all the others? It's true.
Government fears armed subjects. That's why the government wants your guns.
http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,289279-412,00.shtml
