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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring
The shooter in this particular incident was a recent grandfather who drove a cab. Not really someone I'd characterize as a "scum", "criminal", etc. From what I know the shotgun he used had a permit as well.
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OTH... if you read my post properly you would see I wasn't comparing him as a criminal or "scum":
"Granted this guy wasn't a criminal, but he obviously had a psychological problem to go on such a rampage"
Like I said, you can't predict every eventuality... if he was a legal owner with the relevant checks then perhaps there were mistakes made in the past? People die every day, I'm not trying to play down this tragedy... but how many people are stabbed to death every day?
Knife crime in this country is so rampant that people aren't so surprised by it when people are killed as its perhaps regarded as "the norm" by them. Yet as soon as someone is shot dead everyone is up in arms fearing for their lives from the loony gun owners. It feels to me that there is a big social stigma in the UK against people who own guns, you say to someone "Oh yeah I own a rifle and go shooting at the weekends with friends" and they look at you as if you've got a screw loose. However if I were to say "Oh did you know I recently started archery" they would be like oh wow that's interesting... arrows kill just the same as bullets.
I hope this post has some kind of structure to it, as I'm in a bit of a ranty mood this morning lol.