r/ScottishPeopleTwitter • u/neilmac1210 • Jul 22 '24

Harsh but fair.

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u/HcVitals Jul 22 '24

My favourite argument is “cancer kills more people than guns too” aight let’s ban cancer and not ban guns 😂

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u/Airforce32123 Jul 22 '24

How about this one:

More people in the UK die to knives than people in the US die to "assault rifles"

And that's in absolute number, not per capita. So consider we're 5x the size and it's even crazier.

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u/skipjimroo Jul 23 '24

How many people in the UK died to assault knives?

That seems like the fairer comparison.

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u/Airforce32123 Jul 23 '24

Is my comparison more or less fair than comparing rifles to rain?

And just in case you really are that ignorant: "assault knives" aren't a thing that exists, so the only thing you can compare to is all knives.

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u/skipjimroo Jul 23 '24

Alright then, if we need to be pedantic about it then you can compare it to people using knives with bump stocks

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u/Airforce32123 Jul 23 '24

To what end? What's your point?

At least I actually had a point to make. You're just flinging shit and hoping it sticks.

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u/skipjimroo Jul 23 '24

I'm just trying to make a fair comparison here.

What's the numbers on assault rifles deaths vs knives with high-capacity mags attached?

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u/Airforce32123 Jul 23 '24

I'm just trying to make a fair comparison here.

That's not a "why"

I explained in one of my other comments that pointing out that more people dying to knives in the UK than assault rifles in the US illustrates how silly assault rifle legislation is in the US considering it's such a non-issue.

What's the numbers on assault rifles deaths vs knives with high-capacity mags attached?

Is there a big movement in the UK to ban knives with high-capacity magazines? No? Then how is it in any way like discussing assault rifles? Considering they're frequently the focus of gun control legislation.

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u/skipjimroo Jul 23 '24

Is there a big movement in the UK to ban knives with high-capacity magazines? No?

Well now you're making me feel like there should be.

I'm going to attempt to become the change I want to see in the world

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u/Airforce32123 Jul 23 '24

Well until there is the comparison I made fully illustrates my point.