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Nigel Farage behaviour during talk about Dunblane shooting

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MikeRafone · 14/03/2026 13:22

Whatever anyone thinks of handguns, 5 year olds died due to gun shot injuries and some respect should be shown by all MPs whatever side they represent

as he sat during the talk smirking

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FifteenYearsInone · 14/03/2026 13:58

I’m glad he sat there smirking. I’m glad people can see what he is. The more he acts in this way the more his popularity will decline. He’s over confident and he’s now misjudging his own reactions he’s that sure of himself but people aren’t stupid.

SinnerBoy · 14/03/2026 13:58

Only a few enthusiasts made a fuss, they were very much in the minority. When the ban on semi automatic weapons came in, everyone really agreed it was a good idea.

My uncle used to shoot and had numerous semi automatic pistols, which he surrendered without complaint.

Blocksfruity · 14/03/2026 13:55

I wonder how safe Nigel would feel if his words became reality? His habit of making the most controversial comments he can think of might be a risky business in a world where the audience was armed.

UninitendedShark · 14/03/2026 13:55

He’s vile and I’m sick of him toadying up to the orange man over the pond.

Biggermommabear · 14/03/2026 13:53

mumofoneAloneandwell · 14/03/2026 13:47

Isn't there a movement to ban pointy knives? That's a good idea.

I don't know, is there ?

dananananana · 14/03/2026 13:48

farage is a shyster and a POS

mumofoneAloneandwell · 14/03/2026 13:47

Isn't there a movement to ban pointy knives? That's a good idea.

Biggermommabear · 14/03/2026 13:26

The ban on handguns after the Dunblane tragedy was a "kneejerk reaction"

In 2014, as Ukip leader, he said the ban on handguns brought in after Dunblane was “ludicrous” and should be lifted, arguing handguns ought to be legalised and licensed again.
Restrictions on small arms put in place after the massacre were a “kneejerk” response, Farage said at the time.
Farage claimed there was “almost no link” between “sensible, decent people” keeping handguns under a licensing system and gun crime on the streets, and insisted repealing the ban would not send gun crime back to “Gunchester”‑era levels.
He summed up his position by saying: “We need a proper gun licensing system…and I think the ban on handguns is ludicrous.”

So now we have a knife crime epidemic.

What now, a ban on knives ?

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