Only the criminals have firearms. Scouts can't have knives. Welcome to England, the epicenter of ridiculous policies

Several brain-dead members of a violent street gang in Sheffield, England have been sent to prison after they stupidly posted pictures online of themselves posing with firearms.

(Picture is from the article)

Sounds like wonderful news. Some pissant thugs who were terrorizing their city get put away and - hey, wait just one minute - we thought firearms were pretty much completely banned in that country?

You mean to tell us that British criminals don't obey the law, while at the same time the only people who apparently bother to do so are the very law-abiding citizens of that Nanny state who are strictly prevented from owning and carrying self-defense weapons in order to protect themselves and their families from exactly this sort of lethal "yob"?

Boy, that sure sounds like a recipe for success. Not, as the above picture clearly shows.

For the umpteenth time: Gun bans only end up confiscating firearms from responsible, law-abiding individuals, which then has the effect of robbing those innocent people of their natural right of self-defense against the thugs and criminals of society who by definition don't pay one whit of attention to any laws, let alone the ones involving firearms.

One day, the English government will hopefully figure that simple fact out.

One day.


In a similar vein, the British Boy Scouts have announced that the boys will no longer be allowed to bring their Swiss Army-style pocketknives to camp:

"'I think it is safest to assume that knives of any sort should not be carried by anybody to a Scout meeting or camp, unless there is likely to be a specific need for one. In that case, they should be kept by the Scout leaders and handed out as required.'"

Unbelievably, that quote is from a knife-maker who teaches safe knife practices to the Scouts. We suppose he's now just talked himself out of a job.

Well, maybe not, as we presume that the leaders (including the now-useless idiot knife-maker) are now going to have to perform all of the cutting of firewood, slicing of victuals and pretty much every other chore save emptying the privies, relegating the boys to standing around and watching (but not doing) everything remotely interesting or enjoyable.

That sure sounds like great fun and a wonderful way to teach camping skills as well as confidence and self-reliance, doesn't it?

We're just waiting for the inevitable announcement that the British Army is going to begin having colonels and above keep all of the rifles and pistols locked up securely, and only hand them out just prior to a battle.

That sort of outlandish scenario seems more and more likely to really take place at some point, given the speed that England is descending into madness.