Quote Originally Posted by Andy_Faber View Post
I?’d retort that (although I hate guns) at least in USA the lethal weapon of choice (guns) is carried by many law abiding folk for self defence, the equivalent weapon in UK (knives) is not. And analogising your point about ?‘well heeled tourists?’, you and I don?’t mix in the dangerous areas of UK (I have a family member who?’s just returned to Derbyshire from a middling affluence area of of London because its no longer ?‘safe to be out?’)
Ah, the old ‘best defence against a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun’ argument. There’s something in it of course, but there are also an awful lot of examples of tragic accidents at home or (well intentioned) weapons falling into inappropriate hands. Best off just doing a way with the gun culture imo, but it won’t happen.

As for London/Derbyshire. Couldn’t comment. Last time I felt genuinely threatened in a British city was in Derby in 1972, but I can imagine how it happens and the world is full of apocryphal tales which often only serve to exaggerate fears.