Looks like the Brits are learning a leson that we Americans know well -- gun bans are nothing but victim disamament laws. Criminals are safer, but the law-abiding are left less secure.

At least that is the lesson drawn by Rod Eastman, whose daughter's fiancee, Tom Ap Rhys Pryce, was murdered by violent thugs who stole all his valuables and then murdered him.

In a bitter denunciation of the lack of police officers on the beat and the lenience of the courts, Rod Eastman said it was better to risk arrest for carrying an offensive weapon than risk being murdered by muggers.

Mr Eastman launched his attack on 'this lawless society' as he comforted his daughter Adele, who was still struggling to come to terms with her fiance's brutal killing just yards from their North London home. "If you value your life and you want to protect yourself on the streets then the only way is to carry a weapon," said 58-year-old Mr Eastman, an electrical engineer who lives in Bishop's Nympton, Devon.

In an impassioned outburst sure to cause concern to police, Mr Eastman said: "The truth is that street crime is rampant. More and more people are becoming personally affected by violent assaults.

"If police catch you carrying a weapon you could be arrested and prosecuted. But isn't that better than being unable to protect yourself and losing your life? The police can't be everywhere and the sentences handed down by the courts are often far too lenient."

How many more lives must be lost before politicians recognize that laws banning weapons do nothing more than disarm victims, making the streets safer for malevolent thugs out to harm the innocent?

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