A letter to the Shadow Home Secretary
Jan 12, 11:38
Here is a letter we have sent to the Shadow Home Secretary:
Dear Sir,
I was very pleased to read your comments regarding the Home Secretaries’ statement with respect of deactivated guns, We run a family business dealing in these, in fact, we are one of the largest, with 900 customers currently subscribing to our newsletter. I am not at all surprised to hear the tiny statistic showing how very few of these guns are ever used in anger, as our customers could attest. Only yesterday, we sold a deactivated gun to a magistrate who, when he spoke to us, was utterly at a loss to see how this proposed legislation would help. He told us that most of the violent crime he sees is knife related, and in fact, in one case, someone had been murdered using a crash helmet. Is anyone seriously suggesting we should ban those? I wouldn’t mind betting that the percentage would be close to that of the deactivated guns used in crime. While we are about it, if we are looking at measures of risk to the public, of commercial enterprises, perhaps we should be closing all chemists, on the basis that many of the items sold there have the potential to pose a serious threat to life. Similarly, no one is suggesting limiting the top speeds of fast cars, despite the legal speed limit , and the many many deaths and serious injuries that occur daily on our roads.
We and our customers would rather that the Home Secretary, ( who, incidentally, has not even done me the courtesy of replying to my email), used her time to address the real problems of violent crime that we face. Let us not forget that she is currently being paid over £135.000 to look after our interests in this area, is this really the best she can offer? Hitting the soft target of law abiding citizens with a deep interest in and knowledge of, this countries’ conflicts and weaponry. Pretty sad. How about looking at the remaining 99% plus., violent gun related crimes? Is that not a more valid use of her highly paid time?
In conclusion, we at Arundel Militaria are more than happy to supply you with any information we can. Our customers are heartily sick of being targeted by politicians with little or no understanding of their collecting and interests. This family will be doing everything possible to vote out this Labour government at the next opportunity. We only hope this happens before more of our perfectly legitimate interests are reclassified as dangerous, anti social and illegal.
Arundel Militaria
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