• GiddyGap@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    And way, way lower gun ownership rates compared to the US. Plus very strict rules for owning a weapon, such as storage.

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      2 months ago

      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.