Quote Originally Posted by swaledale View Post
Certainly a society where people can wander around the streets openly carrying semi automatic assault rifles is one I'm glad I don't live in.

As for most gun crime being black on black, and knife crime is often dismissed in the same way in the Uk. As in many western societies, if your in a middle income group or above then your probably unlikely to encounter a problem unless some crazy turns up at your school, or office or you somehow wander into a poorer area.

At this point I'd probably normally say that a concerted effort to reduce poverty and increase lifestyle chances for lower income groups would be a good place to start, but then I'm sure I'd be given a sermon on how this is just idealistic.
You're right, you're being idealistic.

Blacks are twice as likely as whites to be living in poverty, but there are in excess of 20 times as many whites in the UK. So, roughly speaking there are 10 times as many whites living in poverty in the UK as there are blacks. Do we hear about 10 times as much white knife crime in the UK?

I don't think so, unfortunately, carrying a knife is an accepted practice in young poor blacks, more so than any other race.