The Guardian: ‘Gun control could have prevented Cumbria shootings’

We can’t know why Bird killed, but if gun owners weren’t able to store ammunition at home mass shootings would be less likely.

Yesterday’s killings in Cumbria have already been compared with Hungerford and Dunblane, Britain’s two previous rampage killings. Now there are three. But while such incidents are undoubtedly very rare, they are not completely unknown and if we shift focus slightly – murder/suicide incidents are rather more frequent.

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