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Let's crunch the numbers: - In the year ending March 2021 there were 41,000 instances of recorded knife crime in the UK. - 224 deaths as a result of a stabbin
by maxehmookau 5y ago
Let's crunch the numbers:
- In the year ending March 2021 there were 41,000 instances of recorded knife crime in the UK.
- 224 deaths as a result of a stabbing in the same period.
- Since 1970 there have been 3,395 deaths (total) from any form of terrorism in the UK.
Source: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04304/ https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04...
In the US:
- 19,384 deaths as a result of a shooting. (2020)
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm
Sure, we have violence, but it's on a whole different level.
- gadders 5y agoWhere did I say it was the same level? I just said the nature of the threat is different.