How interesting that all the gun control advocates here in the colonies look longingly across the pond to the British as a way of justifying the notion of a gun ban. Oh, how idyllic the old island is and how happy all the citizens are with things - like being disarmed. "Cause Piers Morgan tells me so!"
Then...all of a sudden someone actually decides to ask them what they think and, damn, it is apparently not so. Sure, it's not a scientific poll - not a random sample - but it is hard to deny the meaning and import of the numbers - 87% of those responding to the poll (about 19,900 votes) asking what laws need to be changed asserted that the Great British handgun ban needs to be repealed.
In the US, when one wants to imply consensus of opinion, they use numbers of that magnitude. So...will the Brits rethink their approach? Will the American media share this nugget, this datapoint with the American people?
"Not bloody likely!"
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