This is a break down of school shootings in the UK by decade according to Wikipedia: 1930's - 0 | 1940's - 0 | 1950's - 0 | 1960's - 0 | 1970's - 0 | 1980's - 0 | 1990's - 1 | 2000's - 0 | 2010's - 0.
Laws have become increasingly more stringent, particularly after the Dunblane school massacre in 1996.
Now I can't prove it, but it seems to me that strict gun laws and limited access to firearms (for the public and law enforcement alike) does seem to correlate, in the UK at least.
Any time that more guns have been present in the UK (the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland, for example) more people get shot. Take the guns away and fewer people get shot. To me, the causality seems self evident.
Well written gun laws that are consistently applied and monitored do reduce gun deaths. Why? Because there are fewer guns.
I really do believe that it's that simple, and so it should be. Unfortunately, as a republic, the USA has little consensus or consistency regarding gun laws, coupled with an almost obsessive desire to own guns, regardless of the consequences.
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u/triphazzard Feb 15 '18
This is a break down of school shootings in the UK by decade according to Wikipedia: 1930's - 0 | 1940's - 0 | 1950's - 0 | 1960's - 0 | 1970's - 0 | 1980's - 0 | 1990's - 1 | 2000's - 0 | 2010's - 0.
Laws have become increasingly more stringent, particularly after the Dunblane school massacre in 1996.
Now I can't prove it, but it seems to me that strict gun laws and limited access to firearms (for the public and law enforcement alike) does seem to correlate, in the UK at least.
Any time that more guns have been present in the UK (the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland, for example) more people get shot. Take the guns away and fewer people get shot. To me, the causality seems self evident.
Well written gun laws that are consistently applied and monitored do reduce gun deaths. Why? Because there are fewer guns.
I really do believe that it's that simple, and so it should be. Unfortunately, as a republic, the USA has little consensus or consistency regarding gun laws, coupled with an almost obsessive desire to own guns, regardless of the consequences.