Tag: UK

  • Female UK Rapper M.I.A.’s New Controversial Video – Born Free

    Very controversial new video put out by the UK rapper M.I.A.: [youtube width=”560″ height=”340″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE9rUHDXRFI[/youtube] [vimeo width=”560″ height=”315″]http://vimeo.com/11219730[/vimeo] The 9 minute video features American police involved in some sort of redhead genocide, likely symbolic for something else. I know what you’re thinking: OH NOES GINGERCIDE! Where’s Carrot Top when you need him? Get Christina Hendricks and…

  • Starter Pistols Soon Illegal In The UK

    A blank-firing pistol of the type normally used at the start of track races is to become illegal in the UK after police revealed that it was commonly becoming the weapon of choice in British gang warfare. The Olympic .38 BBM, which can be readily converted to fire live ammunition, has been used in burglaries,…

  • UK Primary Schools Teach Kids About Violence With Grand Theft Auto

    Eight Primary schools in Liverpool (UK) are using the notorious Grand Theft Auto video game to teach pupils about violence. The sessions are supposed to help youngsters understand the consequences of gun and knife crime. The youngsters are also given trading cards with images from the video game and the cartoons, alongside real-life images of…

  • Mock Shooting At UK School Scares Children

    Youngsters, aged between 10 and 13, thought they were taking part in a fire drill when an alarm bell rang and they were ushered out into the playground. But they were left in terror as a man appeared brandishing a gun and appeared to shoot dead Richard Kent, their science teacher, as he ran across…

  • The UK knife surrender bin

    Get A Life – Bin That Knife is what these bins that are all over the UK read. I previously blogged about the knife ban in the UK, but did not know about this initiative.   While reading about this today something else came to my attention… apparently “regular” police in the UK do not carry…