Community activist Desmond Jaddoo said the city was facing a gun and knife crime "epidemic".
He said: "It just tells you what this city is facing, in terms of gun and knife crime, and the terror on these streets when someone gets shot at outside a supermarket, even at that time of the night.
"We've had two shootings, and a stabbing in the past 24 hours, and others anecdotally.
"I'm afraid what this city is facing is an epidemic of gun and knife crime."
2 shootings in 24hrs, and that's an epidemic? Lol. Birmingham is bigger than Indy.
Their definition of an "epidemic" is funny. Gun violence is still VERY rare in the UK. The very reason 2 in 24 hrs is news worthy. Some argue that their strict gun laws are the VERY REASON this latest "crime spree" is so shocking.Seems pretty steep for me given the laws there.
Crap. Can a mod fix the title please?
Do the Koreans look down on us for our gun laws? The Brits definitely do. Plus our own anti-gun people like to hold up Britain as a shining example of how wondrous gun control is. These facts tend to make people examine things a lot more closely there.Let's try to refrain from looking down on the UK because we don't agree with their laws. We are not better than them and they are not better than us. We are apples and oranges. I mean, South Koreans are not allowed to own guns of any sort and crime is VERY rare. They are a democracy like ourselves. We don't turn our noses up at them for their gun laws. We are a unique country with a unique culture that does not compare well to other countries.
Beats me, no one ever asks them as far I know. They very well might.Do the Koreans look down on us for our gun laws?
Meh, they are equally as mistaken for trying to compare us for the same reasons I just explained. We are a particularly violent first world country and we will find a way to kill each other regardless of the laws.The Brits definitely do. Plus our own anti-gun people like to hold up Britain as a shining example of how wondrous gun control is. These facts tend to make people examine things a lot more closely there.
I would, but I see nothing wrong with it.
We are a particularly violent first world country.....
Do the Koreans look down on us for our gun laws? The Brits definitely do. Plus our own anti-gun people like to hold up Britain as a shining example of how wondrous gun control is. These facts tend to make people examine things a lot more closely there.
Many reasons and no easy solution.... it's complicatedI wonder why that is.
I really don't give a hoot what the rest of the world thinks about American gun laws.