Norman Tebbit’s Plan To Cull Gun Culture
“TEBBIT: TEACH ALL BOYS TO SHOOT.”
It’s the Sunday’s Express’ front-page news, and the headline of the year.
“Tory peer Lord Tebbit wants to tackle Britain’s gun culture by teaching boys how to shoot.”
Isn’t it time we brought back National Service, let the lads take the Empire shooting test, perhaps at each other?
Little changes about Norman Tebbit. A picture proves Tebbit to look very much as he did in the pomp, all skin, hollowed cheeks and pied dog hair.
One thing that has altered is that Tebbit plan provides for free bullets, based on hand-outs not earnings, a reversal on the former Conservative Party chairman’s traditional position.
Says Tebbit:
“Kids should go out on shoots. It gives them a sense of excitement and kids, particularly young boys, have a need for a degree of violence.
“It is much better than playing a ghastly computer game. To have them struggling through the brambles, seeing people shoot is much more in the interest of the kids.
“Boys would soon find themselves in a man’s world and having to obey instructions.”
It’s an idea. But there is a suspicion that the strategy is a ruse to cull the hoodies and reduce the country’s Asbo mountain.
Look out for jousting-style tournaments, in which lads get on their bikes and cycle towards each other with guns blazing…
Posted: 3rd, February 2008 | In: Politicians, TV & Radio Comments (3) | TrackBack | Permalink
