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segovius
10-09-2007, 10:40 AM
On a day when UK Police Commissioner Blair trots out the monthly 'scare the sheep with big bad terrorist' warning and claims terror threat is "escalating beyond belief" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7035388.stm) (ie, tries for the umpteenth time to force through the detention without charge indefinitely Bill), the UK Police have been having resounding success in stopping the evildoers and their nefarious plans.

Perhaps the greatest coup has been in the apprehension of a notorious toy gun-wielding thug who is all of eight years old. (http://www.thisiswiltshire.co.uk/display.var.1743014.0.police_order_eightyearold_to _break_toy_gun.php)

Eight-year-old Samuel England was left in tears after a police officer ordered that his toy gun should be broken in front of him.

The family say the officer called at the family's home and said it was an offence for Samuel to play with an imitation firearm in a public place.

Samuel's mother's partner John Standen, 34, was told to destroy the gun or face the boy being taken to the police station.

"The officer told me if I didn't break it Samuel would be arrested," he said.

Having successfully threatened the eight-year old malefactor with removal (to Gitmo?) under the prevention of terrorist act and reducing him to a quivering, traumatised wreck, the goon squad returned later to threaten his sister:

His sister Sophie was also banned from riding her battery-powered Barbie car on the pavement in Beech Avenue minutes later.

The six-year-old was travelling on the pavement in the battery-powered car at three miles an hour and the officer said it is only allowed in the garden.

Well, I for one will sleep sounder in my bed tonight...except I don't live in the UK bit if I did I would....actually this is such comforting news I am thinking of moving there to feel the warm and secure feeling that must suffuse the entire being of the inhabitants due to incidents such as this.....

@_@ Artman
10-09-2007, 10:59 AM
http://www.impawards.com/1995/posters/village_of_the_damned.jpg

Frank777
10-09-2007, 01:12 PM
Traumatizing the kid for a few minutes is probably better that having him waving a suspected firearm in a public place and then being mistakenly shot by police.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the so-called War on Terror.

segovius
10-09-2007, 01:16 PM
Traumatizing the kid for a few minutes is probably better that having him waving a suspected firearm in a public place and then being mistakenly shot by police.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the so-called War on Terror.

Are those the two options for eight year olds wanting to play with toy guns now?

Getting arrested or getting shot?

It's worse than I thought....

@_@ Artman
10-09-2007, 01:16 PM
Traumatizing the kid for a few minutes is probably better that having him waving a suspected firearm in a public place and then being mistakenly shot by police.

This has absolutely nothing to do with the so-called War on Terror.

The kid was eight years old...oh wait...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v47/gcarlston/LeeAnn/Blog/child_suicide_bomber.jpg

but...yet...still...so......:err:

The next train to Bizarro World is leaving the station, make sure it's a one-way ticket this time. :rolleyes:

Frank777
10-09-2007, 03:03 PM
In North America, a number of kids have been involved in incidents with police with toy guns.
A few of them have come quite close to being shot at.

The U.K. might have been fairly exempt from this stuff earlier on, but times are changing.

It makes sense to stop a kid from being seriously hurt later on.
The officer might have been too rough, but the policy itself makes good sense.

southside grabowski
10-09-2007, 03:16 PM
This is an example of the overbearing PC culture we are all having stuffed down our throats.

@_@ Artman
10-09-2007, 03:28 PM
In North America, a number of kids have been involved in incidents with police with toy guns.
A few of them have come quite close to being shot at.

The U.K. might have been fairly exempt from this stuff earlier on, but times are changing.

It makes sense to stop a kid from being seriously hurt later on.
The officer might have been too rough, but the policy itself makes good sense.

I think the dangers of kids injured or killed by real guns (http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Safe_Start_Gun_Report) far outweighs any incident (at least none I could find...but please, cite some examples if you can) with cops shooting kids with toy guns.

Children killed or injured by real guns in UK? 19 (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070922183656AAySPEK).