Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
you surely want to move away from the Gun Law of the old frontiers, where the survivor was right and the dead man was in the wrong, don't you.
No, of course not. As I have said, ALL such incidents must be investigated as crimes. But imprisoning the surviving victim for defending himself, even lethally, is not the answer, either.

In fact, it is against the law to carry any offensive weapon in public.
What is considered an "offensive" weapon? A knife? What about a sword? Or a cricket bat?

OK, we might get hit with a bat, or knifed, but we perceive the danger is far less here than American scaremongers such as the NRA whine about over there.
And yet, by your own admission the crime rate in the UK is higher than here in the US. And some things I've read suggest that the incidence of gun crimes in the UK have been rising steadily since the gun ban went into effect. Can you confirm or deny this?