Now I'm outta here, BB. There's absolutely no point trying to discuss with you. You give us your strange, illogical 'theories', I give you actual, real-life experience of life in a relatively gun-free country which you, at best, ignore or, at worst, poo-poo. I ask you to explain the fact of huge disparities in shootings between our two countries, and you refuse to answer, preferring instead to tell me that I'm 'afraid of guns'.

I'm not 'afraid of guns', I have no reason to be 'afraid of guns' because there are so few people here with guns, the chances of coming up against anyone carrying a gun are virtually zero. However, I am afraid of people who shouldn't be allowed to have guns, but who are permitted to have them, and I'm afraid of people who are so psychologically conditioned that they cannot, or will not, contemplate a society in which guns are neither 'needed' nor wanted by the vast majority of the population.

So, have a good life in your dangerous, gun-mad country with its jaw-droppingly high level of shootings, but I'll take life here in the U.K. where we have far fewer guns, very few shootings, and where we aren't constantly living in fear of 'bad guys' coming round to shoot us.

Have a nice day.