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Piers Morgan cites Dunblane as he lashes out at US gun control failure after Connecticut massacre Turborama Dec 2012 #1
and gun crime continued rising in the uk, reaching a high circa 2005, when it began to drop. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #2
or you can cover your ears RetroLounge Dec 2012 #3
i hear you perfectly well. yes, the uk tightened gun laws after the dunblane shooting. But it HiPointDem Dec 2012 #5
Terrific, cite one case from 2005 and then another arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #15
that's true. but uk had way lower rates of mass shootings than the us even before they HiPointDem Dec 2012 #16
Just because you can't prevent something 100% arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #17
How can you hear anything? RetroLounge Dec 2012 #18
Yes, I just saw this Tweet on the obama diary.. Cha Dec 2012 #4
but there *was* another mass shooting...2010 HiPointDem Dec 2012 #6
Derrick Bird FunkyLeprechaun Dec 2012 #7
the fact remains: at the time he did the shooting, the uk had among the tightest laws in the HiPointDem Dec 2012 #8
Where there are more guns there is more homicide Turborama Dec 2012 #9
read the fine print: HiPointDem Dec 2012 #10
Faulty analysis Turborama Dec 2012 #11
fact -- depending on how you select the data you analyse. if we compare the us & costa rica, HiPointDem Dec 2012 #12
Fact - You haven't provided one citation Turborama Dec 2012 #13
fact: i've provided lots of citations in other posts, like this one: HiPointDem Dec 2012 #14
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