Guess why we don't have mass shootings in uk?

@EugenieLaBorgia have had yes

@Kenscoff yeh and they don't call it terrorism either

@JovialPlutonian The British Police Force is, perhaps, the finest in the world. The intelligence that is gathered from many of your enforcement agencies has, in my experience, prevented a significant number of atrocities from firearms of which the public are unaware. However, remove one particular type of weapon from the hands of the maniacal and they will find another.

@Kenscoff Six times the population of Great Britain and a considerably larger land mass with insular states. American law enforcement agencies are excellent in their work. The general public will never know and should never know the total number of attacks they have prevented.

@Kenscoff My city is Paris in France.

@EugenieLaBorgia why shouldn't they know? Don't you believe in transparency? Wouldn't it give the public more confidence in them?

@JovialPlutonian No. The general public would, simply, panic even more and vilify their law enforcement agencies even more. America provides a substantially fine model for this. While a significant number of Americans can rationalize the actions of their agencies, there is a growing group that cannot with whom the media outlets, keen to boost their profits and readership, exploits, whipping up a frenzy to those who vilify their law enforcement. What all people should be doing is wholly supporting their agencies and being vigilant rather than just sitting back idly and contributing not one whit of good behaviour to their community.

@Kenscoff I know. Makes some of us feel...thrusted ;=(