In fairness he was the Member of Parliament for a constituency in south west England where someone went a bit crackers and shot three people before turning the gun on himself (should have done it the other way around!) and the gun used just happened to be a pump action shotgun. Much was made of this fact by the media who never let the facts stand in the way of a good story. No doubt he was lobbied by poorly educated constituents and the local press so to get them off his back he proposed a motion in Parliament that had little chance of success just to make people think he had done something.
I agree with Damascus on those points. It is said that the only person to enter Parliament with the right intentions was Guy Fawkes! Lagopus.....
