Re: Way, way, way off topic - goin' even further

Keith Turk wrote:

>         Americans have the right to keep and bear arms...  that simple...
>         Keith ( I don't hunt or own guns... but I'll defend to my
>         death your right to do so ) 


There was an interesting take on guns in The Telegraph of London today.  
This week the third WPC was shot in as many months, one of whom died.  
The Telegraph pointed out that the police and Crown Prosecution Service 
in England spend more money tracking down and prosecuting innocent 
people whose only "crime" was owning a firearm, than the next-to-nothing 
money spent in tracking down criminals who are importing handguns from 
Eastern Europe, or those criminals who deal in  a handgun blackmarket in 
England.

The growing speculation now is that all police may have to be issued and 
trained in the use of firearms.

Incidently, the rigid gun laws now make it appear that the U.K. will not 
be able to field a team for the Olympic shooting matches.

Buster Evans