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Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President???

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On 20/09/2016 12:33, Mitchell Holman wrote:
> "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in
> news:e4bjmeFgj1dU1@mid.individual.net:
>
>> On 19/09/2016 19:49, John Ritson wrote:
>>> In article <610163670495964091.218980sam.m.tedesco-
>>> gmail.com@news.easynews.com>, Ted&Alice <sam.m.tedesco@gmail.com>
>>> writes
>>>> "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 19/09/2016 14:14, Olrik wrote:
>>>>>> Le 2016-09-18 à 20:01, Alex W. a écrit :
>>>>>>> On 18/09/2016 15:49, Ted&Alice wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 18/09/2016 13:54, Ted&Alice wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> viva padrepio <vivapadrepio@aol.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> And New Jersey!  And Virginia!  The terrorists are here big
>>>>>>>>>>> time, folk!!!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Obama!  Thanks Crooked Hillary!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> We need stricter bomb control laws. If bombs were illegal,
>>>>>>>>>> that wouldn't
>>>>>>>>>> have happened.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Bombs don't kill people.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> People kill people.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> LOL. Oh. In that case, I'll buy a few and carry one around with
>>>>>>>> me wherever
>>>>>>>> I go.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's the second amendment....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would you like the UK constitution to have such an amendment?
>>>
>>> There is no written UK constitution, hence there are no
>>> constitutional amendments.
>>
>> Or rather, we have odd bits of law that mysteriously morph into
>> additions to our unwritten constitution.
>>
>
>     And no Supreme Court to nix laws that
> violate said constitution.

No Supreme Court per se, no.

But then, we have managed really quite well with our system for a very 
long time now, so the absence of a final judicial arbiter does not 
appear to be a fatal flaw.


>
>
>>
>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I would not.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's not to say that our firearms legislation has not erred on
>>>>> the side of panicky knee-jerk prohibition.  It is incomprehensible
>>>>> to me that a citizen may not defend himself and his home against
>>>>> intruders without being arrested and charged for this "crime".
>>>>
>>>> Is that what happens in the UK?
>>>
>>> People are allowed to use "reasonable force" in self defence (in
>>> England and Wales - the situation in Scotland and in Northern Ireland
>>> may differ)
>>>
>>
>> And "reasonable force" is interpreted very differently from one court
>> and police force to another.  If you keep a cricket bat by your
>> bedside to defend yourself against an intruder, it is quite possible
>> that you may be charged with aggravated assault should you use it
>> against a burglar.
>
>
>     Maybe you can plead it down to an ASBO.
>

LOL

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BREAKING!!!  Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? viva padrepio <vivapadrepio@aol.com> - 2016-09-17 19:24 -0700
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  Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Ted&Alice <sam.m.tedesco@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 03:54 +0000
    Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Beam Me Up Scotty <Liberalism-is-exposed-as-unsustainable-self-destructive-and-contradicting@cyberspace.nebulax.com> - 2016-09-17 23:58 -0400
    Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-18 15:10 +1000
      Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Ted&Alice <sam.m.tedesco@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 05:49 +0000
        Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-09-18 16:17 +0000
          Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Ted&Alice <sam.m.tedesco@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 16:42 +0000
            Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-09-19 20:45 +0000
        Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 10:01 +1000
          Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Ted&Alice <sam.m.tedesco@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 00:13 +0000
          Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Olrik <olrik666@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 00:14 -0400
            Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 16:14 +1000
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                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-20 11:59 +1000
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                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? stunnel bear <stb@be.ar> - 2016-09-20 08:36 -0600
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Beam Me Up Scotty <Liberalism-is-exposed-as-unsustainable-self-destructive-and-contradicting@cyberspace.nebulax.com> - 2016-09-20 12:06 -0400
              Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Ted&Alice <sam.m.tedesco@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 07:58 +0000
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? John Ritson <j.ritson@hotmail.co.uk> - 2016-09-19 10:49 +0100
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-20 12:02 +1000
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Ted&Alice <sam.m.tedesco@gmail.com> - 2016-09-20 02:28 +0000
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net> - 2016-09-19 21:33 -0500
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? stunnel bear <stb@be.ar> - 2016-09-20 08:37 -0600
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-21 11:59 +1000
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net> - 2016-09-20 21:15 -0500
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-09-22 10:14 +1000
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net> - 2016-09-21 20:47 -0500
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Beam Me Up Scotty <I'm-Really-Not-Sure@Idiocracy.gov> - 2016-09-22 01:41 -0400
                Re: BREAKING!!! Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Don Martin <drdonmartin@comcast.net> - 2016-09-20 17:58 -0400
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  Re: BREAKING!!!  Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-09-17 21:26 -0700
    Re: BREAKING!!!  Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? hhyapster@gmail.com - 2016-09-18 02:55 -0700
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    Re: BREAKING!!!  Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 05:31 -0700
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        Re: BREAKING!!!  Did The Bombing In NYC Just Make Trump President??? Kurt <passerby31416@gmail.com> - 2016-09-18 06:21 -0700
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