British Colonials' "No Gun Mentality". What's Up With That?

[jkc]

If you can find a copy, read Robert C. Ruark's, "Something of Value."
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And then, read the sequel, Uhuru, an equally compelling read.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

The Spanish American War was the last US conflict where generals led from the front. (Harassing a company commander from 1500-2000 feet in a helicopter is NOT leading from the front, IMHO.)
Regarding the British, firearms were always more of an upper class thing
to them. British Army officers were required to purchase their own sidearms until 1920 or so, while the job of protecting colonists and settlers from marauders was considered the duty of the Army or the Police, and especially after what happed between 1775 and 1783 the Brits weren't too keen on the settlers having their own arms.

 

[Rule 303]

It's really intresting to read about gun control in Great Britian.
I started in the 1920s after the Proletariat and Marxist in Russia overthrew the Monarchy in 1917.

The King of England went to the Prime Minister and told him that he really liked being king and he was afraid to let the bourgeoisie continue to have acess to firearms after what happended in Russia. After some considerations for the PM, new Anti Gun Law were passed for the common man, but many of the weathly and Titled British folks still have lots guns to this day. Dave Arnold was at a Transitional Firearms Instructor class that I attended in the 80s. He said that he had just come back for being a judge at an
IPSC match in Scotland. He had stayed with a Lord Something or Other and the Lord had showed him his Gun and Tropy room. Arnold said that he had lots of gun in it, several full automatic. He said that he ask the Lord how he got to have and keep the guns. He said the Lord replied, "Gun Control is for the Commers, not the Landed Gentry and Titled People."
Arnold said the Lord had lots and lots of ammo for his firearms and his own security people.

Intresting attitude, not unlike the Nobility of the US House and Senate....

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[Rule 303]

The Spanish American War was the last US conflict where generals led from the front. (Harassing a company commander from 1500-2000 feet in a helicopter is NOT leading from the front, IMHO.)

Boy if that isn't the truth. To many Colonels and Gernerals awarded themselves a CIB for being 2000-3000 feet over a battlefields in Vietnam... And then there were some who came up through the ranks and truly earned them.

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[Texas Star]

And then, read the sequel, Uhuru, an equally compelling read.

Yes, both are excellent.

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[Wyatt Burp]

It's really intresting to read about gun control in Great Britian.
I started in the 1920s after the Proletariat and Marxist in Russia overthrew the Monarchy in 1917.

The King of England went to the Prime Minister and told him that he really liked being king and he was afraid to let the bourgeoisie continue to have acess to firearms after what happended in Russia. After some considerations for the PM, new Anti Gun Law were passed for the common man, but many of the weathly and Titled British folks still have lots guns to this day. Dave Arnold was at a Transitional Firearms Instructor class that I attended in the 80s. He said that he had just come back for being a judge at an
IPSC match in Scotland. He had stayed with a Lord Something or Other and the Lord had showed him his Gun and Tropy room. Arnold said that he had lots of gun in it, several full automatic. He said that he ask the Lord how he got to have and keep the guns. He said the Lord replied, "Gun Control is for the Commers, not the Landed Gentry and Titled People."
Arnold said the Lord had lots and lots of ammo for his firearms and his own security people.

Intresting attitude, not unlike the Nobility of the US House and Senate....

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The thing that gets me is that this "nobleman" can actually say that out loud, that British social darwinism is just a fact of life. That's like all those British officers sipping brandy in Lawrence Of Arabia who tried real hard to look down their noses at Lawrence but eventually thought he was "alright". He only achieved what they considered impossible but he wasn't one of them.