BoganUSAFFLClerk
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Ah but we have greater magnitudes of crime regardless of method. Also 2/3 of our gun deaths aren't criminal they are suicides."...magnitude higher numbers of gun related deaths in the US than you do knife related deaths in the UK."
UK:
Pop 66.5m -
Knife deaths per year - let's say 300.
US: 328m
Gun related deaths per year - let's say 30,000
There are roughly 5 times more people in the US, but the number of gun-related deaths is 100 times greater than knife related deaths in the UK.
People really aren't being stabbed willy nilly in the UK, which isn't to say it isn't terrible or desperately in need of checking - but it just simply is not remotely comparable to the danger the proliferation of guns represent in the US.
You only focus on the negatives pertaining to firearms though. You are highly tainted when it comes to comparing the two WITHOUT considering the pros and cons. 500k-2.5m self defense uses of firearms in the U.S. according to the CDC under the Obama ordered study on gun violence. The massive range is due to how one defines defensive use of firearm. Vast majority of the time guns are not fired when used in defense they are used to dissuade or halt crimes in progress. This means 0 people are hurt via gun and the crime is halted. Which is very positive considering the real life logistics of law enforcement.