Someone said on Radio 2 today, stuff like this happens almost annually in the USA... where as in the UK it happens about once every decade.
People can say "oh but there are loads of people shot dead in the USA every year"... I say to you how many people are stabbed dead every year in the UK? Hell, how many people are BEATEN to death with bear hands every year in this country? I don't know but being shot feels a little more civilised than someone kicking the living daylights out of you.
Another point I'd like to make, how many people shot dead in the states are people who are breaking into others homes or threatening people and getting a .45 in the chest? Pure statistics can hide an awful lot of facts behind them.
Btw, thanks Jim... I tried to make them fair! There is so much stuff you have to adhere to, but I don't mind... I just love to shoot. My M4 is an absolute hoot to shoot... and looks the mutts nuts too
. A shame in some respects the .223 is only a straight pull, one reason why I got the .22LR to have a bit of fun down the range without emptying my bank account on ammo lol. I don't really understand why you can't have semi-auto in higher calibres? A .22LR in the right place will kill you just the same as a .223?!!?