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Could that be the result of different socioeconomic, racial, and cultural circumstances? Or is just hardware?

foldr 3y ago
Pick your favorite race and check the stats for race-on-race shootings in the US. You'll surely find that it's more than the population-adjusted equivalent the ~30 gun killings we get per year in the UK. Race obviously isn't the key factor here. I do wonder why you would even bring it up. I could also mention that London, which is comparably racially diverse to many major US cities, has far less gun violence than any of them.
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defrost 3y ago
Uniform regulation across an entire country makes a hell of a difference. The EU has a uniform gun regulation zone, the UK has even enforcement, Australia didn't "ban guns" it simply made a few low population territories and states adopt the same regulations as other high population states had; 12 year olds can join gun clubs, every sale requires a registered seller and and a background check for the buyer, contractors can get semi automatics for feral pig culling, my neighbour here has an arsenal of weapons for shooting at all distances out to 5,000+ yards (yes, ULR five thousand yard shooting is a thing here). The USofA isn't at all united wrt gun regulation. Twue patriots seem to love moving weapons across state lines and arming conflict areas for profit, no real readily accessed central database, tip toeing around removing weapons from domestic violence offenders who can readily replace what, if anything, is taken. Australia once held the world record for victims of a single mass shooter - we've had nothing remotely like that since uniform regulation and enforcement.
mr_toad 3y ago
There are millions stolen guns in the US and a lot of gun crime is committed with illegal weapons. Normally you’d only see so many black market firearms in a former war zone.

Pick your favorite race and check the stats for race-on-race shootings in the US. You'll surely find that it's more than the population-adjusted equivalent the ~30 gun killings we get per year in the UK. Race obviously isn't the key factor here. I do wonder why you would even bring it up. I could also mention that London, which is comparably racially diverse to many major US cities, has far less gun violence than any of them.

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defrost 3y ago

Uniform regulation across an entire country makes a hell of a difference. The EU has a uniform gun regulation zone, the UK has even enforcement, Australia didn't "ban guns" it simply made a few low population territories and states adopt the same regulations as other high population states had; 12 year olds can join gun clubs, every sale requires a registered seller and and a background check for the buyer, contractors can get semi automatics for feral pig culling, my neighbour here has an arsenal of weapons for shooting at all distances out to 5,000+ yards (yes, ULR five thousand yard shooting is a thing here). The USofA isn't at all united wrt gun regulation. Twue patriots seem to love moving weapons across state lines and arming conflict areas for profit, no real readily accessed central database, tip toeing around removing weapons from domestic violence offenders who can readily replace what, if anything, is taken. Australia once held the world record for victims of a single mass shooter - we've had nothing remotely like that since uniform regulation and enforcement.

mr_toad 3y ago

There are millions stolen guns in the US and a lot of gun crime is committed with illegal weapons. Normally you’d only see so many black market firearms in a former war zone.