gun control is a lot more involved than "if we all have guns, society is safer."
1. although the violent crime rate is higher in the uk, the murder rate is higher in the us (0.042 per 1,000 people vs 0.014)
2. the rate of gun crime in the us is higher
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One reason that British burglars are so much bolder than their American cousins is that only about 4% of British homes legally possess a gun, whereas about half of American homes do.
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THis is the very reason that home invasions in the US only have 4% chance that the owner will be home - the invaders specifically try to avoid confrontation due to firearms.
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making inferences here with no basis in fact
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the people of Great Britain fought—literally—to defend their precious and traditional rights from monarchs such as Henry III and the wicked James II
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the rebellions against these monarchs were more about the rights of nobles and power struggles than some hollywood-esque struggle for individual freedom. "the wicked" -- come on, really?
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Yet now, the great historic rights of Englishmen have been presumptively surrendered by Parliament, and the media have barely noticed.
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that's a bit rich coming from an American media outlet