| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:West Ealing Pub Murder | |
| Posted by: | N V Brooks | |
| Date/Time: | 28/07/22 16:42:00 |
| Societal inequality issues that make our disparities look insignificant and the almost uncontrolled availability of firearms. In the UK there were 695 homicide victims in the year ending March 2020 of which 30 involved firearms. In the US in the 2020 calendar year there were 19384 firearm related murders, the toal homicide count was still being tabulated but is estimated at c.24.500. In Japan, which has very strict gun ownership laws, there were nine homicides involving guns out of a total of 318 homicides. When I worked in the USA it was almost as easy in New Hampshire to buy a shotgun or simple rifle as it was to buy a bag of potato chips. |