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Originally Posted by sperbonzo
Which shows why the UK is so much more violent than the US, and yet another reason in a long list of why I will never live there again.
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I wouldn't jump to that conclusion, there are so many other factors influencing. British also drink alot, and usually that doesn't lessen crimes, and that's just one example.
For example that handgun example from the first post seems quite ridiculous. "Violent attacks soared 77 %." in ten years after handgun ban. First of all, how much handguns there were at the first place? Not that much as far as I know. So before making hasty conclusions, one should establish handguns influence before the ban. So, if making very simplified example: if there was 1 handgun and after handgun ban crime in the country soared 100 %, does that really have something to do with handguns, or in this case with the handgun?
Not that I would agree about handgun ban in general.