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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:54 am Post subject: Shootings Reignite Gun-Control Debate in Britain |
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Shootings Reignite Gun-Control Debate in Britain
By Nick Assinder / London, TIME
| Quote: | | So far, the tragedy in Cumbria has not sparked calls to further tighten Britain's gun laws. It was in reaction to two previous incidents of mass murder involving firearms that the laws gradually became more strict over the last 20 years. Now they are the most stringent in Europe and among the toughest in the world, leading to complaints from sports and game shooters that they are being penalized unfairly. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation, for example, has already urged the government not to further tighten gun control in the wake of Wednesday's shootings, for fear of the negative effect that could have on the rural community and sports shooters. On Thursday, Home Secretary Theresa May addressed speculation that there might be moves toward even stricter laws by saying, "It would be wrong to react before we know the full facts." |
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