@jeffw to politics • 5 months agoBiden says it’s ‘time to outlaw’ AR-15 after Trump assassination attemptwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square461arrow-up1702arrow-down142
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink0•4 months agoAnd way, way lower gun ownership rates compared to the US. Plus very strict rules for owning a weapon, such as storage.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•4 months agoThis is a strange angle because the UK does not have notably higher levels of knife ownership but has a disproportionately high level of stabbings. I think the idea that the cause of gun violence is guns is just flawed. People need a reason to commit violence, they don’t just do it for fun.
And way, way lower gun ownership rates compared to the US. Plus very strict rules for owning a weapon, such as storage.
This is a strange angle because the UK does not have notably higher levels of knife ownership but has a disproportionately high level of stabbings.
I think the idea that the cause of gun violence is guns is just flawed. People need a reason to commit violence, they don’t just do it for fun.