28 Dead After Shooting At Connecticut Elementary School

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Lets ban all weapons and all wars must be fought with fluffy bunnies!


Is a statement similar in levels of ridiculousness to any statement claiming America, in comparison to basically every Western culture out there, does not have a problem with gun crime.

Looking past the major gun crime incidents (the majority of which have occurred in America recently, that have been reported. War and mass murder of innocent civilians technically constitutes gun crime, but the government sweep those under the rug and we should all listen to the governments because they have the best ideas), America has faaar more low key gun crime and shootings in comparison to, at least, the UK.

The most recent major gun crime incident happened incredibly close to me, Derrick Bird. He legally owned the weapons used, kept them locked in a gun cabinet with toughened glass, as per the UK's (INCREDIBLY STRICT) firearms laws dictates.


End result? Guns are a *Removed* stupid idea. The fact that certain civilians can still own a gun after rigorous background checks and use it in such a way is a really *Removed* stupid idea.

America's idea that ANY civilian can own a gun, is a really really *Removed* stupid idea.


There will be gun crime, but the fact of the matter is, these incidents are sensational. They're blown up by the media, and they glamourise the incidents, they turn the gunmen into celebrities.

It's partially the government, partially the world media, partially the people and mostly the guns. People will find ways to kill, but the statistics which have been provided by law enforcement agencies and can by corroborated with death and police records fairly clearly show that in the standard civilized set of western cultures, America has the worst gun crime.

The discussion about gun crime in America is very much on topic as this a topic about gun crime in America.


My hearts go out to the families of those involved and it's incredibly sad. But the entire event is part of a much much much bigger issue that will most likely never be addressed because apart from anything, it would be political suicide.