Gun Crime?

cashman · 18-02-2007, 18:49

just seen on tv, the government are supposedly going to close the loophole in the law that says a person carrying a gun will get a mandatory 5 years in prison.apparently at the moment you do if you are 21,they want to reduce this to 17years old. now excuse me but how is this going to make any differance?any one of any age wether 15 or 50 etc should be encompassed by this law, what i,m saying basically is this SHOULD APPLY to ANY AGE. anyone disagree?

SimonGudgeon · 18-02-2007, 19:23

Quite a serious deterrent. Gun crime in the UK is on the up. I just think they should tackle it to stop it getting worse.

SPUGGIE J · 18-02-2007, 19:28

Give em all life without parole regardless of age. 3 and 5 years aint enough of a deterent.

chav1 · 18-02-2007, 19:46

how many people get killed before they catch the person with a gun?

their are cases where peopel shoudl own a gun like a farmer for example but there is no reason for joe public to own one so if found witha gun no matter what age you are then 20 years inside shoudl do teh trick

Ernie · 18-02-2007, 20:03

With respect, I think a lot of people forget that a few years ago Joe Public used to be permitted to own a handgun in this country, and but for some nutter in Hungerford and Dunblane going berserk where sadly a lot of people lost their lives which in itself was a dreadful consequence, but the law was passed that owning a handgun was illegal by the do gooders and a lot of law abiding people lost a perfectly good hobby and this action has done nothing to reduce gun crime in this country, in fact it was almost never heard of that a robbery or gang shooting being done with a legally registered firearm, there was the same black market in illegal firearms as there is today.

chav1 · 18-02-2007, 20:09

i thought peopel who shot for a hobby had their guns kept at the gun club which ithink was a good idea as it meant them not been in the home

grego · 18-02-2007, 20:11

I dont think it'll make much difference to the kids who carry guns, I'm sure they wont think "I'm 17 now better not carry the gun", also aren't our prisons full, where are they all going to go?

chav1 · 18-02-2007, 20:13

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Originally Posted by grego

I dont think it'll make much difference to the kids who carry guns, I'm sure they wont think "I'm 17 now better not carry the gun", also aren't our prisons full, where are they all going to go?

ok new law

if caught with a gun the police can shoot you with it

grego · 18-02-2007, 20:14

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Originally Posted by chav1

i thought peopel who shot for a hobby had their guns kept at the gun club which ithink was a good idea as it meant them not been in the home

I'm not sure about that Chav, my Dad had a really good collection of handguns before the ban, it was a big hobby of his, he had to hand over the lot, dont think he had a choice of keeping them in a club.

SPUGGIE J · 18-02-2007, 20:17

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Originally Posted by grego

I'm not sure about that Chav, my Dad had a really good collection of handguns before the ban, it was a big hobby of his, he had to hand over the lot, dont think he had a choice of keeping them in a club.

What about the shotguns for clay pidgeon shooting clubs?