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Re:Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermi... by daveoc64 on Friday February 24, 2023 @07:33AM (#34923828)
You'll find very few people in the UK that want to be able to have weapons in the way that the USA does.
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Re:Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermi... by jojobas on Friday February 24, 2023 @08:03AM (#34924046)
You'll find very few people understand strong encryption and why it's important to have.

They thing is the Brits had a right and gave it up for no reason at all, and will give up more, without a fight.

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Re:Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermi... by Angostura on Friday February 24, 2023 @08:17AM (#34924155)
> gave it up for no reason at all

* UK: Gun deaths per 100,000 people - 0.20

* USA: Gun deaths per 100,000 people - 12.21

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-r...

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Re:Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermi... by hellojesus on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:02PM (#34929341)
How many of those were defensive?
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Re:Signal would 'walk' from UK if Online Safety Bill undermi... by jojobas on Friday February 24, 2023 @03:37PM (#34929780)
Gun deaths include suicide and justified homicide, not just murder. More than a half of American gun deaths are non-criminal. American non-gun murder rate murder rate exceeds UK total murder rate, so I'd say the reason is not guns.
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