Basically what they did was ban handguns (outside of NI), and semi-autos over a certain caliber.
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Plus you have to get a permit to own, and self-defense is not a valid reason for wanting a permit.
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So there's a lot wrong with it (especially since I think self-defense is basically a God-given right).
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However, what it does is make most of the guns that are used for street crime difficult to obtain.
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In the U.S., average crime involving a firearm is committed with a semi-auto pistol, which is why gun control debates always miss the point
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The FBI traqs homicides by weapon type (https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/expanded-homicide-data/expanded_homicide_data_table_8_murder_victims_by_weapon_2010-2014.xls …)pic.twitter.com/S0ZzbrFtOS
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Since UK doesn't see self-defense as valid reason to own weapon, its knife laws are especially draconian (https://www.gov.uk/buying-carrying-knives …)pic.twitter.com/sBEXnHcyCG
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One thing that I think creates an impasse between America and other countries is that we are much less densely populated
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I would buy this argument if the densest parts of USA weren't also some of the slowest to respond (also ffs USA is not a uniform density)
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Slow response times to which areas? The projects or...
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lots of city pepo get CC for this reason
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