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Closed Allow UK citizens licences to carry firearms & other weapons for self-defence

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The time has come for the Government to protect its citizens by allowing citizens to protect themselves.

A new Statute enabling licences to carry a live ammunition side-arm for self-defence purposes is now required. The Act should also include Stun-Guns and other shock articles for self-defence.

Knife and gun killings are more frequent in the UK than many parts of the world and show no sign of slowing down - they are in fact getting manifestly worse, with attacks including broad day-light execution-style murders”.

What chance the police will be physically proximate if we are violently attacked? Urban society is far more dangerous today and Government can not expect the police to protect us from violent armed criminals.

Arm People, Prevent Murders, Prevent Crime.

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