If we are talking about the normal people in that 100 of 100 people not having the gun but the one person who represent us in Assembly and parliament , they have all those guns who make us 4 out of 100. I did not seen anyone in village where more than 5 thousand population having a single man gun.
RE:Baseless
by sriram kaushik on Aug 30, 2007 12:16 PM Permalink
america is the one country where public are not afraid of politicians, gundas, babus, police etc . long live american freedom . americans hold their head high because even the king needs just one bullet to not be a king anymore . truly america is a democracy. cheers
When our father of nation Mahatma Gandhi can get freedom for the seventh largest country in the world without using any firearms. I beleive that it is applicable even today. Let us fight against injustice not with each other. We are INDIANS... JAI HIND.
RE:Think in Mahatma Gandhi's way
by Sahil Manekia on Aug 30, 2007 12:04 PM Permalink
This is what Gandhi has said about firearms: "Among the many misdeeds of the British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms, as the blackest." -- Mahatma Gandhi (An Autobiography OR The story of my experiments with truth, by M.K. Gandhi, p.238)
He was a lot smarter than you give him credit for. He recognised that a firearm is more than just a weapon- it's a guarantee of independence. That nation which is well armed can offer resistance even after after it has been overrun, or defend the home from a break-in if need be. As the study suggests- legal ownership of firearms does not cause chaos- some of the most chaotic countries in the world have little to no legal ownership.
RE:Legal or illegal arms?
by Ganpat Rai on Aug 30, 2007 12:10 PM Permalink
My friend, do you seriously think India has 46 million "legal" firearms? Of course these guys are talking about illegal weapons. Look at the wording given in our Arms Act Laws. They are so vague, that they can be construed in such a way that a screwdriver can be considered an illegal weapon. Imagine this: We want to follow the law, so let's apply for a Screwdriver license... HAHAHAHA!!!!
RE:no1 cant beat india
by Milind on Aug 30, 2007 11:42 AM Permalink
if madhukar sarpotdar would not have 3 firearms, shakil would have given 20 firearms to SanjuGandhibaba and his mix breed brothers...
RE:Clean Islamic criminals, the situation would be different
by Mohamed Salahudeen on Aug 30, 2007 11:20 AM Permalink
U arent indian.u r separatist!!!!!
RE:politicians and gundas hv guns not normal people
by kumar kumar on Aug 30, 2007 11:26 AM Permalink
What you said is very right. If you take the average for politicians it will come to 90% of them owning fire arms.
RE:MIsleading Heading
by on Aug 30, 2007 10:52 AM Permalink
Rediff is getting more and more into the habit of writing mileading heading. It used to be a quality website. You need to be clear what kind of a news website you want to be. If you want to be 'masala' website, try to emulate times of india. I used to read TOI for masala and rediff for news. Offlate rediff has gone the TOI way.
The heading for this article is misleading. You should be talking about percentage of fire arms to get the right picture. If the heading was written to catch the readers eye, that is masala journalism. If you thought that was the right heading, I pitty your common sense.
