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RE: When the Citizens are disarmed

in #discussion7 years ago

in the UK has dropped in a similar fashion over a similar time scale, in fact it was the early to mid 90s when we tightened up our gun laws
London shooting - Man blasted with 'machine gun' and another knifed

Crime Rate Lower in United States, Canada Than in Britain

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Don't believe the hype, incidents like this are very rare, unfortunately POTUS has been getting facts from far right groups (the leader of said group being imprisoned this week) but hopefully you have a level of intelligence above the knuckle draggers that tend to follow them.
No go areas are non existent in the UK.
No London hospitals are like war zones.
All that BS is being pushed by god knows who for fuck knows what reason, just come over and see for yourself, you'll get a warm and friendly welcome.

right...don't believe any of the bad news...unless it's about the USA..then all the bad news is definitely true.

but don't believe it about the UK...the UK is all sweetness and light and cookies and milk.

gotcha.

I think you missed my point, or I didn't explain myself properly, there was a big story over here about Trump retweeting Britain First and another official describing London hospitals being like war zones but both points are wild exaggerations. It just feels like there are falsehoods about the UK doing the rounds.
Everything isn't sweetness and light but nor are there lunatics wielding machetes on every corner. The truth of course is somewhere in between but not very close to either extreme,
Like I said, come and see for yourself, I sent my own 12 year old daughter across to you guys a couple of months ago to visit family. I knew she wasn't going to be having out "in the hood" or looking for crystal meth (too much Breaking Bad influencing me?) so I didn't worry too much about her.
So no we don't believe all the bad news, we try to read between the lines.

I'm a vietnam era vet.
I received combat pay.
I'd be scared to death to visit England.

Haha now you're just being silly. And the UK is way more than England, its Scotland, Wales and Northern Ire;and too. You still have a bit of learning to do.

You still have a bit of learning to do
a bit condescending wot?

the UK is way more than England, its Scotland, Wales and Northern Ire;and too

but the UK is WAY more smaller than the STATE I live in.

Ah so you live in Northern Mexico.

odd thing.
the per capita income of the UK is $41,602.98 USD
that of Texas is $54,200

I didn't know that until you mentioned that I had a lot to learn.