Ferrari Mailing List: GUNS AND CHINA

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HELLO

     I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO LIVE

IN CHINA AND HONG KONG SAR SIX

TIMES, HAVE FAMILY AND FRIENDS

THERE AND FOLLOW CHINA NEWS ON

THE INTERNET AND IN PUBLICATIONS.

IN THE PRC ONLY POLICE OF CERTAIN

TYPES AND MILITARY LEGALLY HAVE

ACCESS TO FIREARMS. HONG KONG IS

A LITTLE MORE RELAXED BUT NOT MUCH.

OF COURSE BOTH PLACES THE TRIADS

AND OTHER CRIMINALS HAVE ACCESS TO

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FIREARMS. IF

CAUGHT, PENALTIES ARE HARSH. BUT

CRIMES COMMITTED BY ARMED CRIMINALS

STILL OCCUR.

    CIVILIAN AND SOME PRO CRIMINAL

CRIMES ARE COMMITTED USING EDGED

MARTIAL ARTS WEAPONS, TOOLS, CHEMICALS,

EXPLOSIVES, ETC OR DEVELOPED MANUAL

MARTIAL ARTS SKILLS. AND AN OCCASSIONAL

POLICE OR MILITARY PERSON MAY MISSUSE

AN ISSUE WEAPON. USUALLY ALL THESE

FOLKS GET EXECUTED OR PULL LONG HARD TIME.

    THE WEAKNESS IN THE PRC PUBLIC SAFETY

SYSTEM IS THE HUGE NUMBERS OF EMOTIONAL

OR MNTALLY CHALLENGED PERSONS JUST DUMPED

ON THE STREETS UNTIL THEY COMMITT A SERIOUS

CRIME. THE GENERAL ATTITUDE IN CHINA IS

TO SHUN ANY HANDICAPPED PERSON. OFTEN EVEN

AFFLUENT CITIZENS WITH OBVIOUS DISABILITIES

ARE BANNED FROM PARTIES, PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT,

SOCIAL EVENTS, ETC. WHILE THE LAST

ADMINISTRATION HAS TRIED TO CHANGE THOSE

ATTITUDES, THERE IS A LONG WAY TO GO.

AS A RESULT, THESE CHALLENGED PERSONS MAY

NOT EVEN BE ACCEPTED BY THEIR FAMILIES.

A FEW RESORT TO VIOLENCE AGAINST THEIR

PEER GROUP,RANDOM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC

OR THE EASIEST TARGET, YOUNG SCHOOL

CHILDREN.

      IN MOST CASES SCHOOLS HAVE A MINIMUM

NUMBER OF SECURITY OR WATCHMAN TYPES TO

DIRECT TRAFFIC OUTSIDE. OFTEN THEY MAY

NOT HAVE EVEN A BATON, FLASHLIGHT OR

CELL PHONE. UNARMED TRAFFIC POLICE ARE

USUALLY THE FIRST RESPONDERS. IN A SERIOUS

INCIDENT THEY CALL THE PEOPLES ARMED

POLICE BUT THAT TAKES A WHILE.

BEYOND THAT HIGHLY TRAINED SWAT, TACTICAL

AND HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAMS EXIST IN

BIGGER CITIES. A DAUGHTER OF ONE OF OUR

FRIENDS RECEIVED A PRESIDENTIAL CITATION

FOR BOARDING A CITY BUS AND KILLING A

HOSTAGE TAKER WEARING EXPLOSIVES. LADIES

ARE FREQUENTLY USED IN ASSAULT ROLES AS

THEY ARE LIGHTER AND CAN JUMP OR CLIMB

EASIER OVER HOSTAGES TO GET THE SHOT.

BUT IN CHINA, USUALLY THE ATTACKER WILL

HAVE A FEW MINUTES TO HARM VICTIMS

UNTIL APPROPRIATE HELP ARRIVES. KILLED

OR INJURED VICTIMS OFTEN MOUNT UP.

THIS IS FACILITATED BY THE ALMOST

UNIVERSAL ATTITUDE OF CHINESE TO NOT

GET INVOLVED. IN ONE CASE I SAW A DERANGED

PERSON ATTACKED A SCHOOL AND SCHOOL BUS

WITH A STOLEN BULLDOZER. A FATHER OF ONE

OF THE INJURED CHILDREN MANAGED TO

CAPTURE THE CRIMINAL BUT THERE WERE DAYS

OF NEWPAPER DEBATE ABOUT WHETHER HE SHOULD

HAVE TAKEN ACTION.

     BOTTOM LINE:

CRIME OCCURS IN THE PRC WITH AND WITHOUT GUNS;

THERE ARE FEW REPEAT OFFENDERS.

THE PRC IS GENERALLY SAFER THAN THE USA

 

REGARDS

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