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massacre in Cumbria
in light of the terrible events of this week, there are fresh calls for stricter gun controls in the UK.
It seems to me to come down to two arguments
Either you believe that the ownership of guns creates more gun crime, and in the sick and fevered mind of a maniac like Derrick Bird, the possibility to own a gun will create such a crime
Or that if the population as a whole was armed, this animal could not have roamed around for 3 hours, killing at least 12 people in separate instances would have returned fire.
The media will unquestionably put pressure on the govt to tighten gun controls, one concern will be that Derrick Bird had a criminal conviction for theft I believe, yet legally was allowed to own two guns.
I personally am no longer sure that the guns themselves are the problem. I would not want to see gun ownership in the UK increased - but must one not conclude that a lunatic such as this would have acquired a gun illegally if he had not owned one legally?
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