In the UK, very few people have guns. Only (mostly) farmers tend to have them. For shooting at rampging death squads of mutinous foxes I imagine.
The cops don not carry guns, unless they are guarding somewhere very important, like the prime ministers ass, or suchlike (you catch my meaning).
However, this does mean that its very rare that shootings take place.
In london a little while ago, there was a spate of killings related to gun crime, and that was national news for weeks. The total number of deaths could be counted by the fingers of two hands.
I will perhaps look up some statistics to back up what i say, or totally shoot down my argument. We'll see.
However, in conclusion, I think that the right to bear arms automatically morphs (in some peoples heads) as the right to use arms.
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From
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb0206.pdfIn England and Wales of the UK in 2004/2006 there were in total 10,964 recorded crimes involving firearms, of these 1/5 resulted in some kind of injury and only 1/40 resulted in death.
Im sure you have access to better statistics for the US, as you know where to find them.
Also these figures do not include those killed "legitimately" by our government such as Jean Charles de Menezes, they guy who was shot in the head on the london underground by armed police, who suspected he was a terrorist.
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