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   On 07/02/2024 17:45, TimS wrote:   
   > On 07 Feb 2024 at 04:52:58 GMT, "Scott Alfter"  wrote:   
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   >> In article ,   
   >> TimS   wrote:   
   >>> Well they are good at cutting off their noses to spite their face:   
   >>>   
   >>> 1) Not controlling guns severely   
   >>   
   >> ...because that's working so well for you. /rolleyes   
   >   
   > Certainly is. I just compare the annual number of murders by firearms in the   
   > UK (35 in 2021) with that of the US (7,500 to 10,000 or so).   
   >   
      
   In the UK disputes tend to end in grievous bodily harm, at worst. There   
   are a lot of stabbings on the streets but no one gets shot.   
   Guns are hard to come by and carry extreme penalties if convicted with one.   
      
   The problem is not that NRA dudes are rampant murderers, but that guns   
   are so available it becomes the weapon of *choice*. For any nutcase.   
   Here it tends to be machetes these days...or a stolen vehicle   
      
      
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