Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3218619-20121215004047/@comment-4612798-20121224203853

After Dunblane the instances of mass murder by firearms pretty much zero-ed... I can think of maybe two since then off the top of my head. The fact is that unfortunately 60% of murders involve guns in the US while in the UK its about 6.6% http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2012/jul/22/gun-ownership-homicides-map.

Harsh gun laws do not stop gun crime. If you want a gun in the UK then you can get one - illegally. But it does make it more difficult for people like Lanza picking them up from home and wandering down the street to do whatever insane thing pops into their heads.