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only full ban on all guns reduces homicide.
Here in the UK with a population of about 70 million. We have on average 25 gun homicides each year.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402232/england-and-wale...
Over there in the USA with a population of about 350 million. they have on average 12,000 gun homicides each year.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/249803/number-of-homicid...
USA = 5 times the UK population but 480 times the amount of people killed with a gun
simple maths says guns are not good.
give people guns and they will shoot other people. Its not that hard.
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only full ban on all guns reduces homicide.
Here in the UK with a population of about 70 million. We have on average 25 gun homicides each year.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402232/england-and-wale...
Over there in the USA with a population of about 350 million. they have on average 12,000 gun homicides each year.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/249803/number-of-homicid...
USA = 5 times the UK population but 480 times the amount of people killed with a gun
simple maths says guns are not good.
give people guns and they will shoot other people. Its not that hard.