Whatever we're doing we must be doing something right. The fact that there are other nations (ie Columbia and Mexico etc) where things are even worse is neither here nor there.

I do not throw stones at the UK gun laws, nor do I believe that any laws in one country will work in another without extensive social preparation.

But the above quotation seems to me to have all of the Victorian "We must bring Civilization and Enlightenment to the wogs!" attitude that England (and, yes, the US) that should have died ages ago.

Shall we talk about assaults, rapes, and other violent crime -- the stuff that made Britain "the most dangerous country in Europe"?? Or the conviction rates for rape?