youBROKEmyLIFE said:
Yeah the solution to darwinism sorting this shit out is MORE GOVERNMENT WOO.
Swimming pools kill 100x as many children per year in the states but we don't ban them.
All of the people having a whine about guns in this thread can get fucked, you're all scumbag media-baited idiots with no understanding of reality
Private swimming pools should be banned. Very few are supervised by trained lifeguards, making fatal accidents far more likely than in a public, supervised pool. They also waste large amounts of (drinking quality) water.
Guns should be restricted to those who absolutely require them, such as members of the army on active duty. Criminals will acquire guns regardless of their [guns] legal situation, but other citizens possessing guns "for protection" is an ineffective response to this. In an armed robbery the addition of a second weapon is likely to trigger a violent reaction, and when a burglary is interrupted, the armed homeowner is far more likely to accidentally shoot themself than prevent a murderous burglar from shooting them.
As to the UK and knife crime, much of the apparant epidemic is actually due to increased reporting of violent crime. And the restriction of guns has prevented at least one primary school massacre: the (adult) would-be-murderer was forced to settle for a machete instead of a machine gun, and the Kindergarten teacher was able to physically prevent him from reaching the children until the police arrived. Had he been able to purchase a gun of any kind (obviously not including water guns/glue guns/the like) she would have almost certainly received injuries more serious than "several cuts to the forearms". I count this as a positive result.
