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| (Anti) Guns campaigner stabbed to death |
| 2008-06-02 |
| A prominent anti-gun campaigner has been stabbed to death at a flat in West Yorkshire. The body of Pat Regan, 53, was discovered at the property on Marlborough Grange in the Hyde Park area of Leeds on Sunday. Mrs Regan, a mother-of-six, started campaigning against gun-crime after her son Danny was shot dead in 2002. Police said post-mortem tests will take place later. A 19-year-old man, a family member, has been arrested. Mrs Regan's son Danny became involved in criminality and was shot at his then home in Haycock, Liverpool. His killer has not been found. Following the death of her son she set up a Leeds branch of Mothers Against Guns. She had previously met government officials to discuss how to tackle the problems of gun and gang-related crime. |
| Posted by:Bright Pebbles |
| #18 Her grandson Rakeim ....... at least it wasn't Neville. |
| Posted by: Muggsy Gling 2008-06-02 22:07 |
| #17 Guns are an easy target. Focusing on the perpetrators hits too close to home or a sacred cow. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-06-02 18:55 |
| #16 It's sad, really. She is one of millions of people who cannot differentiate the crime from the instrument used to commit the crime. I don't know how many times I've heard on the news or read in a newspaper the words, "This is the gun that killed my son, fiance, husband, or any name for the victim. The gun did it. I've heard people telling their children, "Guns are BAD". They are putting blame on the instrument used and not on the actual person. It's easier to demonize inanimate objects than it is people. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2008-06-02 18:50 |
| #15 Don't worry, my hobby is Scuba fishing... http://www.divers-supply.com/JBL-38-Special-XHD-Speargun-p/jbl20057.htm |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-06-02 17:49 |
| #14 Bright Pebbles: There is an NRA publication entitled the American Rifleman which has the "Armed Citizen" monthly column. The column documents reports of citizens defending themselves successfully with a firearm against thugs wanting to do them harm (attacking them, breaking into their home, carjacking, etc.) |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-06-02 17:09 |
| #13 A 19-year-old man, a family member, has been arrested. HMMMM, who could it possibly be? BBC cannot say. via Telegraph.co.uk Police confirmed that her 20 year old grandson was being held in connection with her death. Mrs ReganÂ’s body was found in her first floor maisonette, in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, by a neighbour on Sunday night. Her grandson Rakeim had been arrested earlier in the day at the cityÂ’s main railway station after a 45 year old security guard was stabbed. |
| Posted by: Tiny Grins4675 2008-06-02 13:44 |
| #12 Didn't y'all have some kind of a ban on swords and other big knives, BP? Which of course means, as you well know, that only the law-abiding will give them up. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-06-02 11:47 |
| #11 With the UK's (false IMHO) reputation for culinary skills maybe you think we have banned chefs. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-06-02 11:22 |
| #10 Wait - I thought Britain had banned knives, too. I guess it's true - if you outlaw knives, only outlaws will have knives.... |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-06-02 11:06 |
| #9 > if you aren't a criminal, you may be punished What is Income Tax after all? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-06-02 10:13 |
| #8 Bright Pebbles: This is Britain. I don't think criminality is punishable anymore. Ironically, if you aren't a criminal, you may be punished. The important thing is that everyone is a suspect, so should be treated accordingly. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-06-02 10:06 |
| #7 Hellfish Making criminality illegal is a tautology. It think you mean making criminality jailable? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-06-02 08:36 |
| #6 Seems he was killed after getting involved with 'criminality'. Her killer, a family member you should note, also apparently got involved with 'criminality' as well as he killed her. Perhaps she should have focused on making 'criminality' illegal. Or raising her kids a little better. |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2008-06-02 08:29 |
| #5 I don't understand why they go after the guns, rather than the criminals that wield them? Maybe there are people who do, but the media ignore them. Anyone know? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2008-06-02 08:10 |
| #4 I really should feel some compassion |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-06-02 08:04 |
| #3 Whereas if she had a gun, she might be alive. |
| Posted by: Spot 2008-06-02 07:56 |
| #2 If guns were banned... she sould be as dead as she is now. |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-06-02 07:40 |
| #1 Ironic. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-06-02 07:13 |