Guns.

[Duke Drennan]

It has become much more difficult here in the U.S. to purchase a gun, especially in Florida where the law is that you must have the correct change.

[Lewis McColl]

Gun crime in the UK is not the biggest threat to public safety. Most murders are usually to do with drugs. But listening to the UK main news, with gang fights over drugs there are shootings and stabbings in most UK cities nearly every day and night of the week.
England & Wales 671 murders last year
Scotland 61 murders murders last year
N Ireland 20 murders last year

The weapon of choice would appear to be Knives. Quite scary statistics really. The good news is the number of murders have been falling over the last few years.

[happy daze john in oz]

Gun crime in the UK is not the biggest threat to public safety. Most murders are usually to do with drugs. But listening to the UK main news, with gang fights over drugs there are shootings and stabbings in most UK cities nearly every day and night of the week.
England & Wales 671 murders last year
Scotland 61 murders murders last year
N Ireland 20 murders last year

The weapon of choice would appear to be Knives. Quite scary statistics really. The good news is the number of murders have been falling over the last few years.

Lewis in UK back in 2019 and we were told that in the first six months of the year in London there has been 90 murders all with knives.

[Keith Tindell]

My nephew was one of them , beaten and kicked to death by a women. She is now serving life in prison. This death was as a direct result of drug use by people on the edge of sanity

[Captain Kong]

There is No Deterrent for killing.
Bring back Hanging, ASAP

The Law is stupid.
Life in Prison is 15 years, apologise in Court and a third of the sentence is removed, so Ten Tears is left,
Good behaviour, gets 50 % off so you can kill some one and only do FIVE Years,
The Five years is Not Punishment,
Play Pool , work out ion the Gym, an excellent Library. Watch TV, and No License required, do a computer course.3 meals a day, Laundry done, instant medical treatment Free dental and Spectacles. NO GAS OR ELECTRIC BILLS

[Keith at Tregenna]

Worrying when your not in our country, sub machine guns pointed at us
in both Brussels and Barcelona plus a gun in my ear in Spain also.

K.

[Lewis McColl]

As I said John knives are the weapon of choice. I think drugs and gangs fighting to maintain there TURF& Control !!! are the biggest cause of murders, then next up is likely to be Domestic violence, families etc!
The current laws do not seem to be a deterrent. I think a lot of sentencing is cut short because of economics. How much does a length of rope cost?? but I am not really a fan of introducing the death penalty again there have been to many people jailed for crimes they did not commit and have been stitched up by the police.

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#13 Victoria I think you have missed #11 humour, you need the right change !!! but maybe I have misunderstood as well?

[Duke Drennan]

#11 you are joking aren't you????

Of course I am Vickie, a 3 day waiting period for a background check and that’s it.

[Des Taff Jenkins]

the number of guns "bought back" in 1996 was around 642,00, not millions. and how can you "buy back" an item you have never owned, it was legalised theft.

Sorry bit of a aged thing.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

Back in the 50'sand 60's when the likes of the Krays and the Richardson's ruled the roost there was very little crime against the average person.
It was mainly gang on gang all about their 'Turf'.

Story was an old lady was mugged, the Krays heard about it, the guy was found and his body later found down by the river side.

Now they will mug anyone, kill anyone who they think may be a problem for them and have no respect of life in any form.
Being a right wing person, at time extreme I see no problem in wasting these people, cheaper than keeping them locked up.