Quote Originally Posted by jake View Post
Well, if I may play devil's advocate, this is probably the first mass shooting (12 reported dead now) since the stricter gun control laws were enacted after Dunblane in 1996. In that same time period, how many mass shootings have there been in this country?
You fail to take into account the sever discrepancy between US and UK populations.

taking that into account, our "mass shooting" occurence since 1996 is about 1 per 30,000,000

While, if this is the first mass shooting since 1996, the UKs is 1 per 61,000,000

Again though, the statisitics are virtually meaningless as it's impossible to establish a direct correlation between gun control and shooting occurence.

It could be due to any number of societal factors, including cultural influences, stresses, etc.


On a side note, it was found that the shooting was carried out with a sporting-shotgun and a .22 rifle.


So much for that whole "assault" weapons theory.