Title: How the British lost their guns - a historical lesson every freedom-loving American should be familiar with - Wilderness Arena Survival
Headings: How the British lost their guns – a historical lesson every freedom-loving American should be familiar with
How the British lost their guns – a historical lesson every freedom-loving American should be familiar with
By Wilderness Arena
British gun laws today – will America follow their example?
Differences in British and American cultures – why Brits showed little concern when their guns were taken away
The British have little interest in guns
Cultural differences played a part too
Do British gun laws make sense?
There indeed is a low homicide rate in the UK
But there’s a high rate of non-violent crime
Do statistics really matter?
Can we measure the right America values most – Freedom?
How the British lost their guns
British fear of communism – Firearms Act of 1920
Americans introduce firearm restrictions – the British follow suit
British gun control laws are further tightened – 1953 Prevention of Crime Act
The death of three policemen –Firearms Act 1968
The Hungerford Massacre – Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988
The Dunblane Scotland School Massacre – Firearms (Amendment) Act of 1997
British gun laws today
Rarely talked about – Gun ownership and how the Brits almost lost their country
How should American proceed?
A special message to the British
By Wilderness Arena

Content: Or because they have more pubs per square mile? ( statistics show rates of alcohol consumption mimic increased levels of violence in European countries.) Similarly, statistics show that British have a much lower homicide rate than the US. But did you know that the UK measures homicides differently than in the US? In the UK, a crime is only considered a “homicide” if a person is convicted. In the US, a “homicide” is considered any loss of human life that was caused by another person. In the end, it’s difficult to quantify and rank crime statistics in a meaningful manner because (1) countries do not record data in the same manner, (2) countries do not always readily share that data, and (3) there’s an inherent bias in the numbers provided by each nation (some seek international help by presenting harsher numbers while some soften the statistics to prove their system works). It’s even more difficult to relate those statistics to outside influences such as levels of gun ownership, gun laws, size of a country’s police force, or the impact of a poorly-functioning mental health system. The reason is simple: societies are complex social structures and multiple relationships exist between various cause and effect scenarios.