Category: England
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Even worse than you thought
From the Telegraph: Violent attacks are estimated to be 44 per cent higher than they were in 1998 after research on the way police record them allowed comparisons for the first time. The study, by the independent House of Commons Library, shows violence against the person increased from 618,417 to 887,942 last year. The devastating…
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Quote of the Day – Use-proof Edition
Now, we here at The LawDog Files kind of consider a “stab-proof knife” to be somewhat analogous to a “ride-proof bike”, a “drive-proof car”, a “swim-proof pool”, or a “swing-proof hammer” – LawDog
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Quote of the Day – (Quasi) British Edition
“What do you mean the bobbies don’t carry guns? What if there is a big argy-bargy? What the bloody h— do they do? Kick them in the ar-e?” Tracy
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Target guns in England
A couple days ago Snowflakes in Hell had a post about officials looking to allow Olympic athletes to train with handguns in England. This is a good thing. While allowing only Olympic athletes to train with handguns on military ranges seems to be a tiny step, it is a step in the right direction, and we…