Shooting Spree in England.
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Wow... that's pretty big news. That shows me for not watching the news today.
Obviously it won't seem that big to you Americans with your near constant state of blood fueled rampages.
Obviously it won't seem that big to you Americans with your near constant state of blood fueled rampages.
Just kidding guys.
12 people killed by one madman with a gun.
You see, if we legalised guns over here, this sort of thing would happen much more frequently.
EDIT: Yes, OK, if guns were legal over here, someone could have stopped him. But then there would be a lot more guns on the streets, and thugs with knives would become thugs with guns. You can outrun someone with a knife. Outrunning bullets is something much harder.
You see, if we legalised guns over here, this sort of thing would happen much more frequently.
EDIT: Yes, OK, if guns were legal over here, someone could have stopped him. But then there would be a lot more guns on the streets, and thugs with knives would become thugs with guns. You can outrun someone with a knife. Outrunning bullets is something much harder.
I don't live too far away! >.<
It's...just wrong. Innocent people dying because of someone goes out of Control with a gun.
Calumon: ... *Silent in the memory of those lost*
It's...just wrong. Innocent people dying because of someone goes out of Control with a gun.
Calumon: ... *Silent in the memory of those lost*
... And I thought we lived in a civlised country.
As a wise man once said, "It's the quiet ones you have to watch out for"
Well thank god I wasn't there 
...I would have joined in.
..I'm only kidding, I live in England though, so it's pretty bad.
...I would have joined in.
..I'm only kidding, I live in England though, so it's pretty bad.
True, if people want to kill they will find ways to do it. You could ban sharp objects and people will just beat or strangle people to death. You could cut everybody's limbs off but would mutilating people really make the world better.Snor said:
The thing is that, over here, people don't expect guns. Most sprees here involve knives. It's much harder to kill with a knife than a gun, so fewer people tend to die. Guns may only slightly increase the crime rate, but I think the bigger effect is increasing the death rate.Deofuta said:
Oh please. One man going insane does not render an entire nation uncivilised.not_the_dm said:
Not True. [http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_tot_cri-crime-total-crimes] In terms of raw numbers you're above us. In per capita terms you're on 80/1000, we're on 85/1000. Hardly surprising. That is likely due to the higher amounts of petty crime like shoplifting, which is probably less prevalent in the US because all the shops have people with guns guarding them. Crime also has a much broader definition here.jdun said:
In terms of murders, [http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita] however, you are far, far ahead of us. 0.04/1000 compared to 0.01/1000. I really do think that's because guns make it easy to kill.
Yeah don't get me started on the whole gun control thing. If someone wants to harm another person gun or not they will still find a way to do it. And using a gun doesn't make it any better or worse. The person(s) is still dead or injured. Just because you have lower gun related crimes doesn't mean there still isn't violent crime.
