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notvote4memotm2016XD wrote almost any retard can walk into a shop and buy a weapon for someone by proxy


Which is a federal crime.


You've missed the point, it still gets done, so you stop the problem at the source, the supplier of guns


Multitudes or drugs are illegal, yet we have a major drug problem in the US due to the borders and the enforcement of drug policies.

Stopping the supply of guns will do nothing when people have other means to get them.
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Lavish wrote
notvote4memotm2016XD wrote
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notvote4memotm2016XD wrote almost any retard can walk into a shop and buy a weapon for someone by proxy


Which is a federal crime.


You've missed the point, it still gets done, so you stop the problem at the source, the supplier of guns


We should also stop the sell of alcohol to stop drunk driving at the source.
Hell, we should stop the sell of cars until full automation so we can stop the tens of thousands that are getting in car accidents.


Even though these statements are an attempt at belittling mine, I'll address them:

Alcohol consumption causes a lot of societal damage, I agree. By providing an adult or even a minor with it causes risk of injury to others and potentially fatality, you're right, just because it is not banned (although it is already heavily taxed) doesn't provide an argument as to why guns shouldn't be, it just provides another example or where societal damage is incurred.

As with cars, again by getting in a car you risk fatality/injury, however being a completely different bracket of goods namely a necessity good in economic terms, the potential productivity cars provide to society outweigh the potential damage by a huge amount in comparison to guns and I feel like you probably know that but hey.
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notvote4memotm2016XD wrote almost any retard can walk into a shop and buy a weapon for someone by proxy


Which is a federal crime.


You've missed the point, it still gets done, so you stop the problem at the source, the supplier of guns


Multitudes or drugs are illegal, yet we have a major drug problem in the US due to the borders and the enforcement of drug policies.

Stopping the supply of guns will do nothing when people have other means to get them.


Stopping the supply won't cut guns out no, however in various countries where personal firearms aren't legal gun crime is diminished exponentially, just looking at firearm fatality figures over a multitude of different countries/years you can blatantly see that US has huge problems. I just don't get how so many just gloss over that as a necessary evil to be able to own some metal.
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wanna read the post before posting gun memes made for republicans for retards to believe is the simple truth - there are criminals in all countries, if guns are embargoed they have a lot harder time getting hold of guns and ergo killing people.

002 wrote Oh boy, this topic again.

Hmm, let's look at some numbers. The UK has 64.1 million people, and the US has 318.9 million people. There are going to be a lot more issues in the US regardless....

Ok, next. 32k people die every year from guns. That's what? 0.01% of the population? Oh, but let's not forget that 20k of those deaths where suicide, and 2k where gang related. Cool, so now we're down to 10k deaths, that's 0.003% of the population? Is that honestly a big enough number to justify taking guns away from the rest of the people?

According to the Trackers data, which defines a massacre as an incident in which at least four people are killed or wounded, there were 372 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2015, killing 475 and wounding 1,870. We know that gang violence roughly accounts for what? 15% of that? That's about 56 of those shootings. Let's say that the others where all the bad people shooting up schools of innocent children and such. That's 316 mass shootings. We look at a lot of these shootings it is 1 person doing it. Let's jump the number to say that from the 316 mass shootings, 1k people where shooters. So 0.00031357792411414236% of the US population are mass shooters. That means 1 person out of every 318,900 people are "mass shooters". 1 out of every 318,900, should that 1 person being an idiot account for guns being taken away for the next 318,900 people behind them? NO.

But please, I'm all ears. What do YOU suppose we should do? There are all sorts of people saying America is a horrible place because 0.0003% of the population are shooters and 0.003% of the population die from guns, so how do we solve it? We can't simply take them away, because I as a law abiding citizen will not hand in my gun, along with many others. I often hear that people want stricter regulations on how you get guns. I have yet to hear a viable option as to what else we can do. As it stands right now, if you buy a gun at a legal FFL you know that they do everything but know what will happen with the gun in the next 20 years. I do agree however that being able to sell guns at a gun show without a registered FFL there should be illegal. Yes, you are supposed to go to an FFL to transfer it into your name, but if anyone has done that, you know that it's like going to the DMV for a new drivers license picture. It sucks, so people don't do it. The only way past it that I can see is have 1 legal FFL booth for every 5 gun booths and make sure no one leaves with a gun that they did not transfer. Another way to do it is write everyone's names down and have a signing party at an FFL the next day. For example I'd go there, I see a gun I want say I'll buy this gun, write my name down and let's get it registered tomorrow, all the while the gun is still at the booth until it is in your name. That's all we can do.


So you are willing to relegate the students and teachers of Columbine, Lindhurst, Sandy Hook, Pearl High, Santana High, Virginia Tech as well as the innocents in various public places to a percentage?! Like don't worry guys its okay cause most people dont get killed. Listen to your infantile reasoning. And whats it all for? Is it just the principle that you don't like have the slightest bit of freedom of choice taken away? Are their lives not important enough for you to give up the ability to shoot animals and the non existent intruders in your house you all talk about?

You are asking me to propose change? what would I do? Place an embargo on the supply of guns full stop. Are you guys babies with rattles? Once its taken away you want it for the sake of wanting it? The second amendment was written when there were standards in battle. When guns weren't capable of taking out schools and clubs of people - it was written when dueling was a sport for christ's sake. Are you incapable of adapting when it is clearly needed.

You are also still talking about the requirement for licensing and ticking boxes to be able to purchase a weapon, however, you still have not provided any evidence to suggest that this stops the amount of barbaric shootings that go on. Shall we all just ignore these events that only seem to happen in the US barring a few other nations like Venezuela and parts of Africa. There are plenty of other hugely popularised areas such as China (larger than USA) that don't have these problems, so don't just justify your statistics as "we have more people than you do so its bound to happen" cause as long as you can prove its a "small amount" then its fine to keep on going on as you do.


I don't think you understand facts. There are a ton of guns here. People won't give them (myself included), so if these people can't get a gun, the steal mine. Oh, but let's say it's a perfect world, no citizen has a gun. Cool, they are hard to get, what;s next? The tannerite you can buy from Walmart. Great thinking.

You have no idea how hard I laughed when you said take the supply of guns to a full stop, that was hilarious. Take your liberal ideas and keep them in your country rofl. In case you didn't notice, we are not ruled by tyrants. You mean to tell me, that you think because 10k people die a year that shouldn't, we should take away guns? What about the rest of the people who need guns for hunting? I want you to visit places like Chicago and walk down the streets. Tell me you'd feel safe with pepper spray, you won't.

80% of guns used in these attacks are purchased legally. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about in this conversation, so I am done. You have no idea how the real world works. Guns will always be around in the US weather or not you make them illegal, kind of like drugs.


LOL you actually haven't addressed any of my counterargument - I accept that it may be a small percentage, but you haven't addressed the issue that that still isn't okay. Perhaps we can employ you to go home to these families and tell them their son or daughter is dead.

You're actually so mad now lmao, you just predict arbitrarily that if you don't have guns people will resort to tannerite hahaha are you literally that assured that people are that desperate to kill others in the states - I mean even though throughout this whole thread I've been providing statistics and examples that less guns directly lead to less mortality, but apparently I "don't understand facts". Anyways I'm done feeding you official statistics from various sources to which you have provided none except a simple division of gun rate to population which is irrelevant. You can continue on in your ignorance lol peace


Yes, you've provided statistics, those won't change. Tell me one more statistic. How much did the UK murder rate increase per 100k after guns where banned? Go ahead, tell me. Also, I have provided facts on the other thread that was linked to you, it already has 6 pages, no need for another one here.

I'm "mad" because you are using childish words resorting to personal attacks.

It is such a small amount that we shouldn't be worried about taking guns away. If we're honestly worried about that small of a number, we might as well take cars away because 30k people die a year from cars. While we're at it, not more swimming because people die from drowning, oh, and no more fired because people die from those too. What about the thousands of people who rely on hunting for meat? I personally hunt with an AK-47. But hey, let's take away semi-auto "assault rifles". Now we're left with bolt action / lever action rifles. Great, now I can get on a roof top and snip everyone. Great idea.


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after 1997 here are the statistics, admittedly the figures dont change immediately as it will have taken some time for all personal firearms to be handed in, but there has been an overall net fall in death within crime since the firearm ban in britain. Also to counter another one of your earlier points that people will not give their firearms up, well they did here, so you can speak for yourself..

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You're a slippery fella, read what I said, murder rate, not firearm related murder rate.


To find that statistic just take away that from the actual murder rate, will still drop - but apparently because only a small percentage are affected, not including yourself, it doesn't matter if the rate drops just as long as you can own a few pieces of metal


The murder rate will not drop lol, the UK proved that when it increased. But hey, let's look at a couple more facts. You like to post pictures, so I'll post two as well.

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Fact: Countries with the strictest gun-control laws also tended to have the highest homicide rates.

Fact: According to the U.N., as of 2005, Scotland was the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America. Violent crime there has doubled over the last 20 years. 3% of Scots had been victims of assault compared with 1.2% in America.

Fact: Many of the countries with the strictest gun control have the highest rates of violent crime. Australia and England, which have virtually banned gun ownership, have the highest rates of robbery, sexual assault, and assault with force of the top 17 industrialized countries.

Fact: The crime rate is 66% higher in four Canadian Prairie Provinces than in the northern US states across the border.

Fact: Strict controls over existing arms failed in Finland. Despite needs-based licensing, storage laws and transportation restrictions, Finland experienced a multiple killing school shooting in 2007.

Fact: Since gun banning has escalated in the UK, the rate of crime especially violent crime has risen.

Fact: Ironically, firearm use in crimes in the UK has doubled in the decade since handguns were banned.

Fact: Britain has the highest rate of violent crime in Europe, more so than the United States or even South Africa. They also have the second highest overall crime rate in the European Union. In 2008, Britain had a violent crime rate nearly five times higher than the United States (2034 vs. 446 per 100,000 population).

Fact: 67% of British residents surveyed believed that As a result of gun and knife crime [rising], the area I live in is not as safe as it was five years ago.

Fact: U.K. Violent Crime Rates 1982 through 2010 covering gun control acts in 1998 and 1997 - revised - 2Fact: U.K. street robberies soared 28% in 2001. Violent crime was up 11%, murders up 4%, and rapes were up 14%.

Fact: This trend continued in the U.K in 2004 with a 10% increase in street crime, 8% increase in muggings, and a 22% increase in robberies.

Fact: Comparing crime rates between America and Britain is fundamentally flawed. In America, a gun crime is recorded as a gun crime. In Britain, a crime is only recorded when there is a final disposition (a conviction). All unsolved gun crimes in Britain are not reported as gun crimes, grossly undercounting the amount of gun crime there. To make matters worse, British law enforcement has been exposed for falsifying criminal reports to create falsely lower crime figures, in part to preserve tourism.

Fact: An ongoing parliamentary inquiry in Britain into the growing number of black market weapons has concluded that there are more than three million illegally held firearms in circulation double the number believed to have been held 10 years ago and that criminals are more willing than ever to use them. One in three criminals under the age of 25 possesses or has access to a firearm.

Fact: Handgun homicides in England and Wales reached an all-time high in 2000, years after a virtual ban on private handgun ownership. More than 3,000 crimes involving handguns were recorded in 1999-2000, including 42 homicides, 310 cases of attempted murder, 2,561 robberies and 204 burglaries.

Fact: Handguns were used in 3,685 British offenses in 2000 compared with 2,648 in 1997, an increase of 40%. 27 It is interesting to note:
Of the 20 areas with the lowest number of legal firearms, 10 had an above average level of gun crime.
Of the 20 areas with the highest levels of legal guns, only 2 had armed crime levels above the average.
Fact: Between 1997 and 1999, there were 429 murders in London, the highest two-year figure for more than 10 years nearly two-thirds of those involved firearms in a country that has virtually banned private firearm ownership.


Is that enough facts for you? Go ahead, look them up.


FACT: none of your facts have sources.

You do realise that when you say crime increased in the UK since guns where banned that could be due to various outside factors such as the fact that everything is logged on computers now. Technology has advanced so more cases can be solved (this is just my view as a reason why it could of happened not a FACT)

However even if an increase in crime from when guns where banned is what it takes in order to be safe in 20 - 30 years time then it's worth it imo?

FACT: The last school shooting in the UK was in 1996
FACT: Dunblane was the UK's first and only school shooting.

Meanwhile in America there's been countless School Shootings this could be due to the FACT that it's easy to obtain a gun in america because of your gun laws. (source: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] )

The other argument about your constitutional rights is also retarded how about you bear arms with the weapon that was in mind when it was written. Even with AR-15's and other guns you can get you aren't going to overthrow your government look at the tech they have vs you.

The other argument that "bad guys" will still get guns/ other weapons is another retarded argument because even tho yes they will find a way I know that I personally feel safe in the UK I don't even think I've seen a gun. Knife crime is going to go up yes but you can run from a knife you can't really run from a bullet.

The only people I feel sorry for is the people that are sensible with their guns I sympathise with them but there's a time where you have to think...are your guns worth the consequences if they get into the hands of a mentally ill person?

I also think that you should have your own NHS but that is a bag of worms for another time
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Ok guys, this is getting out of hand. The Americans are like "MURICA", and the other people are like "you're an idiot". Everyone is dis-regarding facts here. It's clear that people from other countries think America should ban guns, however it is also clear that will never happen as Americans don't want that, and the second amendment blocks that from happening. So instead of speculating why America should ban guns entirely, let's focus on how we can make EVERYONE happy.

A lot of American own "assault weapons", right? Ok, so now the issue comes into play where these guns get stolen and used in the shootings (yes I know 80% are bought legally, I'll get to that). Should we made a mandate where to buy these so called "assault rifles", you need to prove that you have a heavy duty gun safe that is extremely difficult to be broken into, and in that mandate outline that the rifle has to stay in that safe until you want to use it for legal reasons? Would that be a good way to go? Now a criminal would have to prove he has this safe (they are between 1-2k for a lower quality one), and will keep it locked up. Now he can't get one because he's not going to buy a safe, but my AR and AK is locked up so he can't steal mine. That way I, a law abiding citizen that enjoys shooting semi-auto rifles can still own it, yet it is further protected from the "bad guy". Of course we'd have to say this guy bought X gun for X safe because we can't let people buy 10 guns because he has a 2-firearm gun case.

Now let's focus on the legalities of buying guns. As it stands right now in America, you go to a gun shop (Cabelas, Big-5, Walmart, etc.) and go to the back to look at the guns. You say this is the gun I want, lets buy it. They get your name, and SSN and run a background check. This takes about an hour so you take a quiz answering things like "are you buying this for another person", "do you have training in firearms handling?", etc. If you don't pass that, you're done. If you do, then the background check comes up clean, you hand them your money and walk out the store with the gun. We all know there are private party sales and sales at gun shows. The way it's supposed to work is you say you want to buy the gun and you guys go to a registered FFL (any gun shop is). They run the background checks and give you the survey, and if all passes, the gun is in your name. However, when doing this it's like standing in the line at the DMV for a new drivers license picture so people don't do it. We can't stop the private party sales as it will always happen and people will do what they want, but we can control the gun show laws. We can have say 1 FFL booth for every 5 gun booths. The area would be gated off with security officers checking everyone leaving for a gun, and for a ticket from the FFL saying it's in your name. This way everyone that shouldn't get a gun can't get one here.


Do you guys think that is a viable solution? That would put stricter regulations on firearms, further keeping them out of the 0.0003% of the populations hands that shouldn't have them, but it lets the rest of the population own the firearm they want, and theoretically it would make this place safer.

Anyone else have any ideas? Please don't say take away X guns as it can't happen because of the second amendment.
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Schoey wrote
002 wrote
notvote4memotm2016XD wrote
002 wrote
notvote4memotm2016XD wrote
002 wrote
notvote4memotm2016XD wrote
002 wrote
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wanna read the post before posting gun memes made for republicans for retards to believe is the simple truth - there are criminals in all countries, if guns are embargoed they have a lot harder time getting hold of guns and ergo killing people.

002 wrote Oh boy, this topic again.

Hmm, let's look at some numbers. The UK has 64.1 million people, and the US has 318.9 million people. There are going to be a lot more issues in the US regardless....

Ok, next. 32k people die every year from guns. That's what? 0.01% of the population? Oh, but let's not forget that 20k of those deaths where suicide, and 2k where gang related. Cool, so now we're down to 10k deaths, that's 0.003% of the population? Is that honestly a big enough number to justify taking guns away from the rest of the people?

According to the Trackers data, which defines a massacre as an incident in which at least four people are killed or wounded, there were 372 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2015, killing 475 and wounding 1,870. We know that gang violence roughly accounts for what? 15% of that? That's about 56 of those shootings. Let's say that the others where all the bad people shooting up schools of innocent children and such. That's 316 mass shootings. We look at a lot of these shootings it is 1 person doing it. Let's jump the number to say that from the 316 mass shootings, 1k people where shooters. So 0.00031357792411414236% of the US population are mass shooters. That means 1 person out of every 318,900 people are "mass shooters". 1 out of every 318,900, should that 1 person being an idiot account for guns being taken away for the next 318,900 people behind them? NO.

But please, I'm all ears. What do YOU suppose we should do? There are all sorts of people saying America is a horrible place because 0.0003% of the population are shooters and 0.003% of the population die from guns, so how do we solve it? We can't simply take them away, because I as a law abiding citizen will not hand in my gun, along with many others. I often hear that people want stricter regulations on how you get guns. I have yet to hear a viable option as to what else we can do. As it stands right now, if you buy a gun at a legal FFL you know that they do everything but know what will happen with the gun in the next 20 years. I do agree however that being able to sell guns at a gun show without a registered FFL there should be illegal. Yes, you are supposed to go to an FFL to transfer it into your name, but if anyone has done that, you know that it's like going to the DMV for a new drivers license picture. It sucks, so people don't do it. The only way past it that I can see is have 1 legal FFL booth for every 5 gun booths and make sure no one leaves with a gun that they did not transfer. Another way to do it is write everyone's names down and have a signing party at an FFL the next day. For example I'd go there, I see a gun I want say I'll buy this gun, write my name down and let's get it registered tomorrow, all the while the gun is still at the booth until it is in your name. That's all we can do.


So you are willing to relegate the students and teachers of Columbine, Lindhurst, Sandy Hook, Pearl High, Santana High, Virginia Tech as well as the innocents in various public places to a percentage?! Like don't worry guys its okay cause most people dont get killed. Listen to your infantile reasoning. And whats it all for? Is it just the principle that you don't like have the slightest bit of freedom of choice taken away? Are their lives not important enough for you to give up the ability to shoot animals and the non existent intruders in your house you all talk about?

You are asking me to propose change? what would I do? Place an embargo on the supply of guns full stop. Are you guys babies with rattles? Once its taken away you want it for the sake of wanting it? The second amendment was written when there were standards in battle. When guns weren't capable of taking out schools and clubs of people - it was written when dueling was a sport for christ's sake. Are you incapable of adapting when it is clearly needed.

You are also still talking about the requirement for licensing and ticking boxes to be able to purchase a weapon, however, you still have not provided any evidence to suggest that this stops the amount of barbaric shootings that go on. Shall we all just ignore these events that only seem to happen in the US barring a few other nations like Venezuela and parts of Africa. There are plenty of other hugely popularised areas such as China (larger than USA) that don't have these problems, so don't just justify your statistics as "we have more people than you do so its bound to happen" cause as long as you can prove its a "small amount" then its fine to keep on going on as you do.


I don't think you understand facts. There are a ton of guns here. People won't give them (myself included), so if these people can't get a gun, the steal mine. Oh, but let's say it's a perfect world, no citizen has a gun. Cool, they are hard to get, what;s next? The tannerite you can buy from Walmart. Great thinking.

You have no idea how hard I laughed when you said take the supply of guns to a full stop, that was hilarious. Take your liberal ideas and keep them in your country rofl. In case you didn't notice, we are not ruled by tyrants. You mean to tell me, that you think because 10k people die a year that shouldn't, we should take away guns? What about the rest of the people who need guns for hunting? I want you to visit places like Chicago and walk down the streets. Tell me you'd feel safe with pepper spray, you won't.

80% of guns used in these attacks are purchased legally. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about in this conversation, so I am done. You have no idea how the real world works. Guns will always be around in the US weather or not you make them illegal, kind of like drugs.


LOL you actually haven't addressed any of my counterargument - I accept that it may be a small percentage, but you haven't addressed the issue that that still isn't okay. Perhaps we can employ you to go home to these families and tell them their son or daughter is dead.

You're actually so mad now lmao, you just predict arbitrarily that if you don't have guns people will resort to tannerite hahaha are you literally that assured that people are that desperate to kill others in the states - I mean even though throughout this whole thread I've been providing statistics and examples that less guns directly lead to less mortality, but apparently I "don't understand facts". Anyways I'm done feeding you official statistics from various sources to which you have provided none except a simple division of gun rate to population which is irrelevant. You can continue on in your ignorance lol peace


Yes, you've provided statistics, those won't change. Tell me one more statistic. How much did the UK murder rate increase per 100k after guns where banned? Go ahead, tell me. Also, I have provided facts on the other thread that was linked to you, it already has 6 pages, no need for another one here.

I'm "mad" because you are using childish words resorting to personal attacks.

It is such a small amount that we shouldn't be worried about taking guns away. If we're honestly worried about that small of a number, we might as well take cars away because 30k people die a year from cars. While we're at it, not more swimming because people die from drowning, oh, and no more fired because people die from those too. What about the thousands of people who rely on hunting for meat? I personally hunt with an AK-47. But hey, let's take away semi-auto "assault rifles". Now we're left with bolt action / lever action rifles. Great, now I can get on a roof top and snip everyone. Great idea.


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after 1997 here are the statistics, admittedly the figures dont change immediately as it will have taken some time for all personal firearms to be handed in, but there has been an overall net fall in death within crime since the firearm ban in britain. Also to counter another one of your earlier points that people will not give their firearms up, well they did here, so you can speak for yourself..

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You're a slippery fella, read what I said, murder rate, not firearm related murder rate.


To find that statistic just take away that from the actual murder rate, will still drop - but apparently because only a small percentage are affected, not including yourself, it doesn't matter if the rate drops just as long as you can own a few pieces of metal


The murder rate will not drop lol, the UK proved that when it increased. But hey, let's look at a couple more facts. You like to post pictures, so I'll post two as well.

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Fact: Countries with the strictest gun-control laws also tended to have the highest homicide rates.

Fact: According to the U.N., as of 2005, Scotland was the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America. Violent crime there has doubled over the last 20 years. 3% of Scots had been victims of assault compared with 1.2% in America.

Fact: Many of the countries with the strictest gun control have the highest rates of violent crime. Australia and England, which have virtually banned gun ownership, have the highest rates of robbery, sexual assault, and assault with force of the top 17 industrialized countries.

Fact: The crime rate is 66% higher in four Canadian Prairie Provinces than in the northern US states across the border.

Fact: Strict controls over existing arms failed in Finland. Despite needs-based licensing, storage laws and transportation restrictions, Finland experienced a multiple killing school shooting in 2007.

Fact: Since gun banning has escalated in the UK, the rate of crime especially violent crime has risen.

Fact: Ironically, firearm use in crimes in the UK has doubled in the decade since handguns were banned.

Fact: Britain has the highest rate of violent crime in Europe, more so than the United States or even South Africa. They also have the second highest overall crime rate in the European Union. In 2008, Britain had a violent crime rate nearly five times higher than the United States (2034 vs. 446 per 100,000 population).

Fact: 67% of British residents surveyed believed that As a result of gun and knife crime [rising], the area I live in is not as safe as it was five years ago.

Fact: U.K. Violent Crime Rates 1982 through 2010 covering gun control acts in 1998 and 1997 - revised - 2Fact: U.K. street robberies soared 28% in 2001. Violent crime was up 11%, murders up 4%, and rapes were up 14%.

Fact: This trend continued in the U.K in 2004 with a 10% increase in street crime, 8% increase in muggings, and a 22% increase in robberies.

Fact: Comparing crime rates between America and Britain is fundamentally flawed. In America, a gun crime is recorded as a gun crime. In Britain, a crime is only recorded when there is a final disposition (a conviction). All unsolved gun crimes in Britain are not reported as gun crimes, grossly undercounting the amount of gun crime there. To make matters worse, British law enforcement has been exposed for falsifying criminal reports to create falsely lower crime figures, in part to preserve tourism.

Fact: An ongoing parliamentary inquiry in Britain into the growing number of black market weapons has concluded that there are more than three million illegally held firearms in circulation double the number believed to have been held 10 years ago and that criminals are more willing than ever to use them. One in three criminals under the age of 25 possesses or has access to a firearm.

Fact: Handgun homicides in England and Wales reached an all-time high in 2000, years after a virtual ban on private handgun ownership. More than 3,000 crimes involving handguns were recorded in 1999-2000, including 42 homicides, 310 cases of attempted murder, 2,561 robberies and 204 burglaries.

Fact: Handguns were used in 3,685 British offenses in 2000 compared with 2,648 in 1997, an increase of 40%. 27 It is interesting to note:
Of the 20 areas with the lowest number of legal firearms, 10 had an above average level of gun crime.
Of the 20 areas with the highest levels of legal guns, only 2 had armed crime levels above the average.
Fact: Between 1997 and 1999, there were 429 murders in London, the highest two-year figure for more than 10 years nearly two-thirds of those involved firearms in a country that has virtually banned private firearm ownership.


Is that enough facts for you? Go ahead, look them up.


FACT: none of your facts have sources.

You do realise that when you say crime increased in the UK since guns where banned that could be due to various outside factors such as the fact that everything is logged on computers now. Technology has advanced so more cases can be solved (this is just my view as a reason why it could of happened not a FACT)

However even if an increase in crime from when guns where banned is what it takes in order to be safe in 20 - 30 years time then it's worth it imo?

FACT: The last school shooting in the UK was in 1996
FACT: Dunblane was the UK's first and only school shooting.

Meanwhile in America there's been countless School Shootings this could be due to the FACT that it's easy to obtain a gun in america because of your gun laws. (source: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] )

The other argument about your constitutional rights is also retarded how about you bear arms with the weapon that was in mind when it was written. Even with AR-15's and other guns you can get you aren't going to overthrow your government look at the tech they have vs you.

The other argument that "bad guys" will still get guns/ other weapons is another retarded argument because even tho yes they will find a way I know that I personally feel safe in the UK I don't even think I've seen a gun. Knife crime is going to go up yes but you can run from a knife you can't really run from a bullet.

The only people I feel sorry for is the people that are sensible with their guns I sympathise with them but there's a time where you have to think...are your guns worth the consequences if they get into the hands of a mentally ill person?

I also think that you should have your own NHS but that is a bag of worms for another time


I am biting my tongue not replying to this, but I want actual thoughts and solutions coming out of this thread. As far as the NHS, are you talking about the National Health Service?
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002 wrote Ok guys, this is getting out of hand. The Americans are like "MURICA", and the other people are like "you're an idiot". Everyone is dis-regarding facts here. It's clear that people from other countries think America should ban guns, however it is also clear that will never happen as Americans don't want that, and the second amendment blocks that from happening. So instead of speculating why America should ban guns entirely, let's focus on how we can make EVERYONE happy.


I hope people on this thread can see that you are trying to reach a middle ground, however I would say that not all people outside of the US want the US to ban guns.
I am from the UK and think it would be detrimental to completely ban guns from the US, and that there are methods of gun control - as well as other methods involving different industries and policies - which can solve the problems of gun violence just as well, if not better, than a complete ban could.
I know from conversations on this website that a lot of other people hold this position too.

It seems to me, unfortunately so, that the more liberal people on this topic at large [not just this specific TTG topic, but wherever gun control is brought up] who are usually some of the most empathetic and open-minded people are failing themselves by being unable to work with their opponent to find a solution which suits both points of view to the best degree.
Neither side is going to get exactly what they want, that is simply not how the real world works.

So I hope that OP responds to your olive branch in kind, but with such a divisive and heated topic it wouldn't surprise me if this post continued to spiral out of control, even after a brief reprieve of civility.
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Innx wrote Over here in the UK It's only knife crimes, Never hear anything about guns


Exactly, I agree with you. I'm blessed that I'm not in a location where shootings happen. I don't understand hwo you live where you live and you hear about shootings. It's a crazy world
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The old "guns kill people" type situation. Its not the guns that kill people, its the people that kill people. Even if we ban guns it will not stop shootings. In fact most of the shooters get their guns illegally, it just so happens that the Orlando shooter did not. I do believe if you are on the no-fly list you should not be able to purchase a gun. I also believe more checks need to be done before you can

Should we ban airplanes because they crash and kill people? Should we ban cars because they get stolen and people die in car crashes? Taking guns away is not gonna do anything to America besides make the law-abiding citizens angry when their guns get taken away for someone's actions.

Obviously the US should take more steps in protecting its citizens rather than anyone being able to walk in a gunshop and buying a gun.
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Schoey wrote
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wanna read the post before posting gun memes made for republicans for retards to believe is the simple truth - there are criminals in all countries, if guns are embargoed they have a lot harder time getting hold of guns and ergo killing people.

002 wrote Oh boy, this topic again.

Hmm, let's look at some numbers. The UK has 64.1 million people, and the US has 318.9 million people. There are going to be a lot more issues in the US regardless....

Ok, next. 32k people die every year from guns. That's what? 0.01% of the population? Oh, but let's not forget that 20k of those deaths where suicide, and 2k where gang related. Cool, so now we're down to 10k deaths, that's 0.003% of the population? Is that honestly a big enough number to justify taking guns away from the rest of the people?

According to the Trackers data, which defines a massacre as an incident in which at least four people are killed or wounded, there were 372 mass shootings in the U.S. in 2015, killing 475 and wounding 1,870. We know that gang violence roughly accounts for what? 15% of that? That's about 56 of those shootings. Let's say that the others where all the bad people shooting up schools of innocent children and such. That's 316 mass shootings. We look at a lot of these shootings it is 1 person doing it. Let's jump the number to say that from the 316 mass shootings, 1k people where shooters. So 0.00031357792411414236% of the US population are mass shooters. That means 1 person out of every 318,900 people are "mass shooters". 1 out of every 318,900, should that 1 person being an idiot account for guns being taken away for the next 318,900 people behind them? NO.

But please, I'm all ears. What do YOU suppose we should do? There are all sorts of people saying America is a horrible place because 0.0003% of the population are shooters and 0.003% of the population die from guns, so how do we solve it? We can't simply take them away, because I as a law abiding citizen will not hand in my gun, along with many others. I often hear that people want stricter regulations on how you get guns. I have yet to hear a viable option as to what else we can do. As it stands right now, if you buy a gun at a legal FFL you know that they do everything but know what will happen with the gun in the next 20 years. I do agree however that being able to sell guns at a gun show without a registered FFL there should be illegal. Yes, you are supposed to go to an FFL to transfer it into your name, but if anyone has done that, you know that it's like going to the DMV for a new drivers license picture. It sucks, so people don't do it. The only way past it that I can see is have 1 legal FFL booth for every 5 gun booths and make sure no one leaves with a gun that they did not transfer. Another way to do it is write everyone's names down and have a signing party at an FFL the next day. For example I'd go there, I see a gun I want say I'll buy this gun, write my name down and let's get it registered tomorrow, all the while the gun is still at the booth until it is in your name. That's all we can do.


So you are willing to relegate the students and teachers of Columbine, Lindhurst, Sandy Hook, Pearl High, Santana High, Virginia Tech as well as the innocents in various public places to a percentage?! Like don't worry guys its okay cause most people dont get killed. Listen to your infantile reasoning. And whats it all for? Is it just the principle that you don't like have the slightest bit of freedom of choice taken away? Are their lives not important enough for you to give up the ability to shoot animals and the non existent intruders in your house you all talk about?

You are asking me to propose change? what would I do? Place an embargo on the supply of guns full stop. Are you guys babies with rattles? Once its taken away you want it for the sake of wanting it? The second amendment was written when there were standards in battle. When guns weren't capable of taking out schools and clubs of people - it was written when dueling was a sport for christ's sake. Are you incapable of adapting when it is clearly needed.

You are also still talking about the requirement for licensing and ticking boxes to be able to purchase a weapon, however, you still have not provided any evidence to suggest that this stops the amount of barbaric shootings that go on. Shall we all just ignore these events that only seem to happen in the US barring a few other nations like Venezuela and parts of Africa. There are plenty of other hugely popularised areas such as China (larger than USA) that don't have these problems, so don't just justify your statistics as "we have more people than you do so its bound to happen" cause as long as you can prove its a "small amount" then its fine to keep on going on as you do.


I don't think you understand facts. There are a ton of guns here. People won't give them (myself included), so if these people can't get a gun, the steal mine. Oh, but let's say it's a perfect world, no citizen has a gun. Cool, they are hard to get, what;s next? The tannerite you can buy from Walmart. Great thinking.

You have no idea how hard I laughed when you said take the supply of guns to a full stop, that was hilarious. Take your liberal ideas and keep them in your country rofl. In case you didn't notice, we are not ruled by tyrants. You mean to tell me, that you think because 10k people die a year that shouldn't, we should take away guns? What about the rest of the people who need guns for hunting? I want you to visit places like Chicago and walk down the streets. Tell me you'd feel safe with pepper spray, you won't.

80% of guns used in these attacks are purchased legally. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about in this conversation, so I am done. You have no idea how the real world works. Guns will always be around in the US weather or not you make them illegal, kind of like drugs.


LOL you actually haven't addressed any of my counterargument - I accept that it may be a small percentage, but you haven't addressed the issue that that still isn't okay. Perhaps we can employ you to go home to these families and tell them their son or daughter is dead.

You're actually so mad now lmao, you just predict arbitrarily that if you don't have guns people will resort to tannerite hahaha are you literally that assured that people are that desperate to kill others in the states - I mean even though throughout this whole thread I've been providing statistics and examples that less guns directly lead to less mortality, but apparently I "don't understand facts". Anyways I'm done feeding you official statistics from various sources to which you have provided none except a simple division of gun rate to population which is irrelevant. You can continue on in your ignorance lol peace


Yes, you've provided statistics, those won't change. Tell me one more statistic. How much did the UK murder rate increase per 100k after guns where banned? Go ahead, tell me. Also, I have provided facts on the other thread that was linked to you, it already has 6 pages, no need for another one here.

I'm "mad" because you are using childish words resorting to personal attacks.

It is such a small amount that we shouldn't be worried about taking guns away. If we're honestly worried about that small of a number, we might as well take cars away because 30k people die a year from cars. While we're at it, not more swimming because people die from drowning, oh, and no more fired because people die from those too. What about the thousands of people who rely on hunting for meat? I personally hunt with an AK-47. But hey, let's take away semi-auto "assault rifles". Now we're left with bolt action / lever action rifles. Great, now I can get on a roof top and snip everyone. Great idea.


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after 1997 here are the statistics, admittedly the figures dont change immediately as it will have taken some time for all personal firearms to be handed in, but there has been an overall net fall in death within crime since the firearm ban in britain. Also to counter another one of your earlier points that people will not give their firearms up, well they did here, so you can speak for yourself..

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You're a slippery fella, read what I said, murder rate, not firearm related murder rate.


To find that statistic just take away that from the actual murder rate, will still drop - but apparently because only a small percentage are affected, not including yourself, it doesn't matter if the rate drops just as long as you can own a few pieces of metal


The murder rate will not drop lol, the UK proved that when it increased. But hey, let's look at a couple more facts. You like to post pictures, so I'll post two as well.

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Fact: Countries with the strictest gun-control laws also tended to have the highest homicide rates.

Fact: According to the U.N., as of 2005, Scotland was the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America. Violent crime there has doubled over the last 20 years. 3% of Scots had been victims of assault compared with 1.2% in America.

Fact: Many of the countries with the strictest gun control have the highest rates of violent crime. Australia and England, which have virtually banned gun ownership, have the highest rates of robbery, sexual assault, and assault with force of the top 17 industrialized countries.

Fact: The crime rate is 66% higher in four Canadian Prairie Provinces than in the northern US states across the border.

Fact: Strict controls over existing arms failed in Finland. Despite needs-based licensing, storage laws and transportation restrictions, Finland experienced a multiple killing school shooting in 2007.

Fact: Since gun banning has escalated in the UK, the rate of crime especially violent crime has risen.

Fact: Ironically, firearm use in crimes in the UK has doubled in the decade since handguns were banned.

Fact: Britain has the highest rate of violent crime in Europe, more so than the United States or even South Africa. They also have the second highest overall crime rate in the European Union. In 2008, Britain had a violent crime rate nearly five times higher than the United States (2034 vs. 446 per 100,000 population).

Fact: 67% of British residents surveyed believed that As a result of gun and knife crime [rising], the area I live in is not as safe as it was five years ago.

Fact: U.K. Violent Crime Rates 1982 through 2010 covering gun control acts in 1998 and 1997 - revised - 2Fact: U.K. street robberies soared 28% in 2001. Violent crime was up 11%, murders up 4%, and rapes were up 14%.

Fact: This trend continued in the U.K in 2004 with a 10% increase in street crime, 8% increase in muggings, and a 22% increase in robberies.

Fact: Comparing crime rates between America and Britain is fundamentally flawed. In America, a gun crime is recorded as a gun crime. In Britain, a crime is only recorded when there is a final disposition (a conviction). All unsolved gun crimes in Britain are not reported as gun crimes, grossly undercounting the amount of gun crime there. To make matters worse, British law enforcement has been exposed for falsifying criminal reports to create falsely lower crime figures, in part to preserve tourism.

Fact: An ongoing parliamentary inquiry in Britain into the growing number of black market weapons has concluded that there are more than three million illegally held firearms in circulation double the number believed to have been held 10 years ago and that criminals are more willing than ever to use them. One in three criminals under the age of 25 possesses or has access to a firearm.

Fact: Handgun homicides in England and Wales reached an all-time high in 2000, years after a virtual ban on private handgun ownership. More than 3,000 crimes involving handguns were recorded in 1999-2000, including 42 homicides, 310 cases of attempted murder, 2,561 robberies and 204 burglaries.

Fact: Handguns were used in 3,685 British offenses in 2000 compared with 2,648 in 1997, an increase of 40%. 27 It is interesting to note:
Of the 20 areas with the lowest number of legal firearms, 10 had an above average level of gun crime.
Of the 20 areas with the highest levels of legal guns, only 2 had armed crime levels above the average.
Fact: Between 1997 and 1999, there were 429 murders in London, the highest two-year figure for more than 10 years nearly two-thirds of those involved firearms in a country that has virtually banned private firearm ownership.


Is that enough facts for you? Go ahead, look them up.


FACT: none of your facts have sources.

You do realise that when you say crime increased in the UK since guns where banned that could be due to various outside factors such as the fact that everything is logged on computers now. Technology has advanced so more cases can be solved (this is just my view as a reason why it could of happened not a FACT)

However even if an increase in crime from when guns where banned is what it takes in order to be safe in 20 - 30 years time then it's worth it imo?

FACT: The last school shooting in the UK was in 1996
FACT: Dunblane was the UK's first and only school shooting.

Meanwhile in America there's been countless School Shootings this could be due to the FACT that it's easy to obtain a gun in america because of your gun laws. (source: [ Register or Signin to view external links. ] )

The other argument about your constitutional rights is also retarded how about you bear arms with the weapon that was in mind when it was written. Even with AR-15's and other guns you can get you aren't going to overthrow your government look at the tech they have vs you.

The other argument that "bad guys" will still get guns/ other weapons is another retarded argument because even tho yes they will find a way I know that I personally feel safe in the UK I don't even think I've seen a gun. Knife crime is going to go up yes but you can run from a knife you can't really run from a bullet.

The only people I feel sorry for is the people that are sensible with their guns I sympathise with them but there's a time where you have to think...are your guns worth the consequences if they get into the hands of a mentally ill person?

I also think that you should have your own NHS but that is a bag of worms for another time


No, its gun crimes, not general crimes.

"The Government's latest crime figures were condemned as "truly terrible" by the Tories today as it emerged that gun crime in England and Wales soared by 35% last year.

Criminals used handguns in 46% more offences, Home Office statistics revealed.

Firearms were used in 9,974 recorded crimes in the 12 months to last April, up from 7,362.

It was the fourth consecutive year to see a rise and there were more than 2,200 more gun crimes last year than the previous peak in 1993.

Figures showed the number of crimes involving handguns had more than doubled since the post-Dunblane massacre ban on the weapons, from 2,636 in 1997-1998 to 5,871."

That's odd, you'd think that kind of crime would have gone down with a ban.

All you British people talk about how easy it is to get a gun, yet have never gotten one. Please come get one then tell me how easy it was.

People do own those weapons still. And it's not about overthrowing the government, it's about defending ourselves from it.

Unfortunately, feeling safe won't do you any good when someone tries to break into your house.

Why would my gun get into the hands of a mentally ill person? None of my other belongings have.

When we lose 260 million people to get to your population, then we may get an NHS.
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