jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoBiden says it’s ‘time to outlaw’ AR-15 after Trump assassination attemptwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square360fedilinkarrow-up1583arrow-down137
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minus-squareGiddyGap@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoAnd way, way lower gun ownership rates compared to the US. Plus very strict rules for owning a weapon, such as storage.
minus-squareCancerMancer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 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.