Arm the gardaí and declare open season on gangs

WHEN will the liberals among us grow up?
Arm the gardaí and declare open season on gangs
Thu, 01 Dec, 2005 - 00:00

This in a week when a woman police probationer was murdered in Yorkshire and the gardaí have proved impotent in the face of spiralling gun crime.

Ivana thinks it a violation of human rights that young thugs can be sent down for wearing one glove, a hood or a baseball cap. If this is a symbol of gang membership, and therefore intimidatory, then why the hell not?

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