Shooting @ Campus

I had never heard of this incident until a few minutes ago, you have to sympathize for the families who lost a love one today.

I also think that although guns are legal in the US, it doesn’t give people the right to shoot people as they please. I'm also from the UK and gun crime is next to none because they are illegal here. Making guns illegal in the US won’t make much of a difference in the short term, because they are so widely available and so many people have them. It may affect the crime and violence rates in the long run though.

Originally Posted by Wonderboy I had never heard of this incident until a few minutes ago, you have to sympathize for the families who lost a love one today. I also think that although guns are legal in the US, it doesn’t give people the right to shoot people as they please. I'm also from the UK and gun crime is next to none because they are illegal here. Making guns illegal in the US won’t make much of a difference in the short term, because they are so widely available and so many people have them. It may affect the crime and violence rates in the long run though.

Is the crime with other types of weapons lower then the US? You also have to remember the US is a ton bigger then the UK so crime rates are going to lower no matter what. But thats for another discussion

Originally Posted by Village Idiot Is the crime with other types of weapons lower then the US? You also have to remember the US is a ton bigger then the UK so crime rates are going to lower no matter what. But thats for another discussion

I'm not saying the UK is perfect, it's far from it. There are so many other types of crime in the UK, most alcohol related; youths and young men, even women having too much to drink.

But that’s off topic

Originally Posted by Wonderboy I had never heard of this incident until a few minutes ago, you have to sympathize for the families who lost a love one today. I also think that although guns are legal in the US, it doesn’t give people the right to shoot people as they please. I'm also from the UK and gun crime is next to none because they are illegal here. Making guns illegal in the US won’t make much of a difference in the short term, because they are so widely available and so many people have them. It may affect the crime and violence rates in the long run though.

People in the US do not have the right to shoot people as they please, and although it is no where near as much as in the US, the gun crime in UK is still very high.