One of my favourite stats that a lot of conservatives pull is that of violent crime in the UK.
They ignore all context, one of the biggest being how the UK defines violent crime - any kind of assault is considered violent crime, be it a simple shove, literally just laying your hand on someone unwilling, or a full on punch.
We still have a huge problem with knife crime though, not sure how we could solve it, but there is definitely a deeper social issue.
Edit: this has got a few replies, so by huge I was referring to from the perspective in the UK, I understand that gun deaths in the US are much more common, sorry for the misunderstanding.
I'd take my chances with a stab wound over a bullet. I mean people who wanna attack others will always find a way. But not giving them the tools to do it more successfully or attack many people at once helps.
I mean if someones went into a theater with a knife a group of people could always fight them off way easier than a gun.
Yeah, I'm not trying to justify gun violence or anything, I think my wording wasn't great, but overall I agree that guns are much more deadly. I was saying huge because in the UK they are seen as a huge issue.
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u/SuicidalTurnip Aug 05 '19
One of my favourite stats that a lot of conservatives pull is that of violent crime in the UK.
They ignore all context, one of the biggest being how the UK defines violent crime - any kind of assault is considered violent crime, be it a simple shove, literally just laying your hand on someone unwilling, or a full on punch.