“Why Didn’t Anyone Come To The Defense Of The British Soldier Who Was Hacked To Death?”

From: 1389 Blog - Counterjihad!

By: 1389

5-25-2013

Lee Rigby, 25, from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

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Weasel Zippers has the story:

For over twenty minutes, the terrorists were able to parade around and pontificate before police who had guns were able to respond. Women talked to the two terrorists to try to stop them which was extraordinarily brave, but nobody was able to respond with a weapon , so everyone there was completely at the terrorists’ mercy.

Via Daily Caller: 

The recent attack on a British soldier by assassins wielding meat cleavers while bystanders looked on raises the question: “Why didn’t anyone try to help the victim?”

Because British citizens are prohibited from carrying objects that could be used as “offensive weapons.”

While it is well known that Brits cannot carry guns, a lesser known law prohibits any subject of the Queen from carrying a knife of consequence, pepper spray or a stun gun.

According to the United Kingdom government website, the online storehouse of British government regulations, it is illegal to:

• sell a knife of any kind (including cutlery and kitchen knives) to anyone under 18
• carry a knife in public without good reason – unless it’s a knife with a folding blade 3 inches long (7.62 cm) or less, eg a Swiss Army knife
• carry, buy or sell any type of banned knife
• use any knife in a threatening way (even a legal knife, such as a Swiss Army knife)

Folding knives, regardless of blade size, with a locking mechanism are illegal in the U.K. for carry in public and are referred to as “lock knives.” According to British law, “The maximum penalty for an adult carrying a knife is 4 years in prison and a fine of £5,000.”

Pepper spray is also illegal under section 5(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968, which prohibits “any weapon of whatever description designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing.”

It is illegal to import pepper spray or a stun gun because British law expressly states that pepper spray and stun guns are classified as firearms. Blow guns are classified as “offensive weapons” and are prohibited to own, except for veterinarians or registered animal handlers.

According to the UK website, “Having an offensive weapon in a public place without lawful authority or a reasonable excuse can also lead to a fine and/or up to four years in prison.”

Keep reading…

Says commenter Mike at Daily Caller:

1. The British are subjects.

2. American are citizens.

3. The left wants to make subjects out of us.

Any questions?

Says Geff Davey:

…Britain has a long history of legal gun ownership that effectively ended as a result of two “firearms massacres”, one in Hungerford in 1987 and the other in Dunblaine in 1996. In both cases the offenders were mentally unstable. Legal gun owners did not happily surrender their weapons but were forced to do so under threat of severe penalties (the police had good records of all legally owned firearms at the time). Crime has risen steadily in the UK since handguns were, effectively, banned outright after Dunblaine.

The British population has never been invited to vote on this issue, nor is it likely to be asked.

Once a government has a gun registry, it CAN take your guns.