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In reply to the discussion: I'm from the UK where debates about guns don't exist. [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)Last edited Sat Jul 21, 2012, 09:04 AM - Edit history (1)
It doesn't really matter, though. After that spree killer shot up that primary school in Scotland, the gun laws changed.
Now, the only people waving guns in UK are the police and the criminals who smuggle the guns in.
The Daily Mail's sources included the Conservative Party and the UN, so blame them if the figures aren't accurate.
UK Murder is down even more than your figure according to this article: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/homicides-drop-to-near-30year-low-7959027.html
It's down in USA too: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/us-death-rate-from-homicide-drops-to-a-near-50-year-low/2012/01/11/gIQAo5tDrP_story.html
Playing a "who's better" game doesn't cut it, though. There are sections of London where you take your life in your hands any time of day or night; just as there are in USA. It also doesn't really solve any problems to play a blue link gotcha game.
It would be nice if people all over the world became less inclined to murder one another.