Whiting called for formal links to be set up between doctors, the mental health service and police to allow medical experts to alert officers if they have concerns about those with gun licences. He also said police should make a formal approach to an applicant's family when licences were granted or renewed and bring in a single licence for firearms and shotguns. His review found that 10 percent of all gun holders had a criminal conviction and he said parliament should consider a change in the law so that those who are given a suspended prison sentence are banned from owning a gun.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Recommendation to Tighten Gun Laws in UK
Apparently, the UK never got the NRA memo that they have no guns. 'Cause they're looking at tightening up gun laws over there:
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Apparently they didn’t get the Brady Campaign memo that there is no slippery slope either.
ReplyDeleteGreat Britain = FAIL
ReplyDeleteHow unreasonable: "Whiting called for formal links to be set up between doctors, the mental health service and police to allow medical experts to alert officers if they have concerns about those with gun licences."
ReplyDeleteOf course, the British reaction is to tighten up the already strict gun laws. Even more frightening to the US gun loon crowd is the thought that mental health may determine whether one is fit to own a firearm.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why?
Why do you wonder why, Laci? Possibly because you automatically link those who own guns with mental illness by referring to them as “loons” or “nuts”?
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the others, TS, but I don't do that. What I do is recognize that among you gun owners you've got too many who are unqualified. You need to stop protecting and defending them. I know you say you don't do that, but I think you do. Otherwise you'd switch sides and join us in trying to change things for the better, for everyone's betterment.
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