Thursday, January 26, 2006

Coglioni

Seems (some of) the Italians have grown a pair.

Italy approves self-defence law

The Italian parliament has passed legislation allowing people to shoot robbers in self-defence.

The law permits the use of guns and knives by people in homes or workplaces to protect lives or belongings.


Defending one's life is a good thing, right?

Depends on whom you ask.

Justice Minister Roberto Castelli backed the new law.

"Today criminals will have more to fear while there will be fewer problems for honest people," said Mr Castelli, who belongs to the Northern League.


Alert the authorities! There's obviously a breach along the Mediterranean coastal perimeter somwhere. How else could someone with such a dangerous cowboy mentality as his set foot on the Europeeing mainland?

However, the centre-left opposition expressed concern that it would encourage violence and lead to increased use of firearms.


You know what? They're absoluetly right!

It would "encourage violence"...against hostile, predatory criminals.

It would "lead to increased use of firearms"...in defending innocent lives.

Sadly, the Euro-lefty-weenie "it takes a village idiot" coalition sees those as bad things.

"This is a... measure that delegates the use of force to citizens with the sole certain result of increasing the risks for murderers and rapists' people's safety," said Paolo Cento of the Greens party.


Any statistical or anecdotal evidence to back up that fallacious claim?

Any at all?

No?

Fine. Then shut the fuck up, already. Go finish jerking off to "Bowling For Columbine" and don't come back until you've developed a fully-functional, adult brain stem.

A criminal lawyers' group also criticized the law, saying it amounted to allowing "legitimate offence".


How exactly? By creating a hostile work environment for your clients? Well, shit, man...I'm all broken up over that. Christ, I can get a more rational argument out of a vat of fermented diaper squeezings than I can out of these globo-socialist fucknuggets.

(thanks to the kilted one for the link)