Memo From Birmingham UK To all Gun Control Advocates

Sometimes, it has to be said in ways that even a moron like Sheila Jackson-Lee can understand it.

If'n yew take awllll the guns away frum the law-abidin' citizen'ry, and don't allow officers to carry sidearmz inter dang'rous siteashuns, then yew gets organized groops uf young hoodie-wearing rioters shooting live ammo from their sidearmz at the police and law-abidin' citizen'ry.

Criminalz don't pay no heed to gun-control laws--deyz CRIMINALS!! Dey da bad peepuhls, and the shop owners and pub owners who try to defend themselves with baseball bats against gangs of criminals armed with guns--dems da good peepuhls.

In CNN-speak:

(CNN) -- Police have released dramatic security camera footage they say shows masked and hooded rioters firing shots at unarmed officers and a police helicopter in the English city of Birmingham.

They hope the public will come forward with information as they investigate the violence that took place amid widespread rioting earlier this month.

The footage shows a group of 30 to 40 young men, dressed in black, in the Newtown area of Birmingham as they attacked a pub late on Tuesday August 9, West Midlands Police said in a statement.

As police tried to disperse the group, petrol bombs were thrown at a police car and shots were fired, police said. Officers believe the rioters intended to set fire to the pub.

Chief Constable Chris Sims said the incident was being treated as attempted murder and arson.

Video of the rioting, which is sickening to watch, at the link.