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Incredibly tone-deaf and offensive comments from Boris Johnson about gun laws uncovered


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Some incredibly ill-thought out and offensive comments made by Boris Johnson after the Dunblane school shooting to a Canadian magazine have been found.

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18086052.boris-johnson-compared-post-dunblane-gun-crackdown-nanny-confiscating-toys/?ref=fbshr&fbclid=IwAR2LGjsSPhUlkYzvmc3m6hDLWTYZYas5a5dEifnbSRAX6jHdqr0xKdipo34

Honestly, this is horrible. The complete lack of empathy he has shown here, he seems completely unconcerned that 16 kids had just been shot with their teacher.

For background: the primary school in Dunblane is the site of the UK's only school shooting ever to occur. A man from the local community who had owned guns legally drove up to the primary school and deliberately severed the phone lines that connected the houses nearby. He then made his way into the school and began shooting the class that was using the gym. 16 children and one adult were killed, other people were also injured. After this incident handguns were banned in the UK. You can still own a rifle or shotgun if it is for a gun club or for pest control but you have to register it and keep it under certain conditions.

Honestly, what kind of twatwaffle would make these comments? It's like he has absolutely no idea that these guns were banned because they have no use or application other than killing. It's not like you could use a revolver to get rid of rabbits on a farm or go clay pigeon shooting.

The reason there have only ever been two shooter incidents in the UK is because we have strict gun laws, the other incident was a man in Cumbria who shot 12 people in his town with his legally owned rifle. There was an argument made that he should have had his license to own the guns taken away because he had engaged in dangerous behaviour in the past so this is treated more as an example of why the law should be upheld.

I really hope he gets voted out of office next week, otherwise what might become of us when he holds views like this?

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