Here was Great Britain's path to gun control.
It all started in 1870 when a license was required for anyone who wanted to carry a gun outside their home. But there were no restrictions on keeping a firearm indoors.
Then came the Pistols Act of 1903. A seemingly “reasonable” law to forbade selling pistols to minors or felons and established that handgun could only be sold to license holders.
The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to all firearms except shotguns and gave police the authority to deny a license to anyone who was "unfitted to be trusted with a firearm".
The 1937 Firearms Act banned most fully automatic weapons.
The 1967 Criminal Justice Act required licenses but not registration for shotguns.
The 1968 Firearms Act consolidated existing laws and gave the Home Office the right to set fees for shotgun licenses.
The Firearms Amendment Act 1988, banned semi-automatic and pump-action rifles; weapons which fire explosive ammunition; short shotguns with magazines; and elevated pump-action and self-loading rifles. Registration was also made mandatory for shotguns, which were required to be kept in secure storage.
In 1996 the government drew up legislation banning handguns above .22 caliber. This was expanded in the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 to outlaw .22s as well.
Then came the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 which made it an offense to manufacture, import or sell realistic looking imitation guns. It doubled the maximum sentence for carrying an imitation gun to 12 months, and made it a crime to fire an air weapon beyond the boundary of any premises. It also increased the age limit for buying or possessing an air weapon from 17 to 18.
So where did all this gun control get Great Britain?
Today, Great Britain has the highest violent crime rate in the European Union. Assaults, rapes, hot burglaries (burglaries where the homeowner is present) have all increased.
Knife crimes have become so prevalent that the government is now passing draconian knife laws.
To mask this epidemic of crime, GB tried to alter its crime reports. They stopped reporting all crimes and instead only reported crimes in which a conviction was achieved.
They would also count multiple crimes as a single incident. For instance, if there were five burglaries by the same perpetrator, it would be counted as a single crime of burglary. Apparently GB turned to this tactic to save its tourist industry.
The point is we are headed down the same road and it will be worse here. After all, Great Britain does not have drug cartels moving tons of drugs across it's southern border along with the accompanying gangs and the violence they bring.
It all started in 1870 when a license was required for anyone who wanted to carry a gun outside their home. But there were no restrictions on keeping a firearm indoors.
Then came the Pistols Act of 1903. A seemingly “reasonable” law to forbade selling pistols to minors or felons and established that handgun could only be sold to license holders.
The Firearms Act of 1920 expanded licensing to all firearms except shotguns and gave police the authority to deny a license to anyone who was "unfitted to be trusted with a firearm".
The 1937 Firearms Act banned most fully automatic weapons.
The 1967 Criminal Justice Act required licenses but not registration for shotguns.
The 1968 Firearms Act consolidated existing laws and gave the Home Office the right to set fees for shotgun licenses.
The Firearms Amendment Act 1988, banned semi-automatic and pump-action rifles; weapons which fire explosive ammunition; short shotguns with magazines; and elevated pump-action and self-loading rifles. Registration was also made mandatory for shotguns, which were required to be kept in secure storage.
In 1996 the government drew up legislation banning handguns above .22 caliber. This was expanded in the Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 to outlaw .22s as well.
Then came the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 which made it an offense to manufacture, import or sell realistic looking imitation guns. It doubled the maximum sentence for carrying an imitation gun to 12 months, and made it a crime to fire an air weapon beyond the boundary of any premises. It also increased the age limit for buying or possessing an air weapon from 17 to 18.
So where did all this gun control get Great Britain?
Today, Great Britain has the highest violent crime rate in the European Union. Assaults, rapes, hot burglaries (burglaries where the homeowner is present) have all increased.
Knife crimes have become so prevalent that the government is now passing draconian knife laws.
To mask this epidemic of crime, GB tried to alter its crime reports. They stopped reporting all crimes and instead only reported crimes in which a conviction was achieved.
They would also count multiple crimes as a single incident. For instance, if there were five burglaries by the same perpetrator, it would be counted as a single crime of burglary. Apparently GB turned to this tactic to save its tourist industry.
The point is we are headed down the same road and it will be worse here. After all, Great Britain does not have drug cartels moving tons of drugs across it's southern border along with the accompanying gangs and the violence they bring.
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