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Old 24th Jan 2024, 22:04
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beardy
 
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Originally Posted by Abrahn
Roughly 257,000 firearm involved offences in the US (2022 estimates from the FBI, likely undercounting), or 760 per million people.

10,000 (2019, from the ONS) in England and Wales or 173 per million people.

341 in Scotland (2020, from the Scottish government) or 62 per million people
You have to look at the definition of firearms offence. In the UK it includes BB guns and replicas moreover they don't have to be discharged.
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