Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3218619-20121215004047/@comment-4612798-20121227230243

The writer of that article mentions one mass shooting in the UK (which is one of the incidents out of two I can remember) and a couple of incidents of the police being a bit pedantic. Hardly a tale of rampant gun-fuelled craziness. Yes gangs with guns is a problem, but where isn't it? But its gang on gang violence, and it rarely spills out into the wider law-abiding society. Fact is we've had a handful of big gun incidents since Dunblane whereas over in the US... I don't really want to think about it.

Frankly I don't see the issue with Americans having guns. Its not what we do over here, but you've got it written in law. All I would say is that law is an amendment - it can be amended (just like no. 18) and limiting what can be sensibly bought without altering the fundamental deep down right you have enshrined seems like a sensible way to protect both your rights and your kids.