Tristan SnellIn 1996, a gunman slaughtered 16 kids and a teacher in Dunblane, Scotland. After a public outcry, the UK passed common sense gun laws.
In the 27 years since then, the UK has had ZERO school shootings.
AnnieOf course, Scotland is the size of Maine, with 1/66th the population of the US.
There is probably some statistically optimal size/population at which a country is effective at governance and caring for its citizens. We are not those optimal things.
Martin Ellis@anne @tristansnell On the other hand, the US population is only 5x that of the UK, so they are at least a similar order of magnitude.
It doesn’t seem plausible to me that a 5x different accounts for the orders of magnitude more (mass) shootings.
It doesn’t seem plausible to me that a 5x different accounts for the orders of magnitude more (mass) shootings.