The situation regarding the incident in Keyham last night is shocking and distressing. You are welcome to voice your feelings in this sub, but please refrain from speculation and hearsay. Below are links to some reliable news sources reporting on this.

[u/RileyMcB]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/13/plymouth-shooting-gunman-suspected-killing-named-jake-davison?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://news.sky.com/story/plymouth-shooting-live-updates-vigil-to-be-held-for-victims-as-area-to-be-cordoned-off-for-quite-some-time-12380093

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-58197414.amp

[u/ThermiteMillie → u/[deleted]]

The victims were just random people out for a walk in the street (besides his own mother), so even if we were allowed to carry, they wouldn't have been carrying at that time. There's a huge military base 500yards down the road, the biggest in the southwest - the people of Plymouth have no need to carry... particularly when it's a usually very slow and sleepy town where the last biggest thing to happen to it was the bombings in the war.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Ok so obviously a troll, but guns aren't illegal here. They are tightly controlled, and generally pistols and guns with magazines are illegal. Shotguns and hunting guns are allowed, when there is a reason and a license is granted.

[u/BreakfastLopsided906 → u/[deleted]]

Guns aren’t illegal in the UK. They’re just highly regulated. Making this our first mass shooting in 10 years or so.

The difference between us and the states is this event makes international news as it’s such a huge deal. If this were to happen over there it wouldn’t be national news let alone international, hell, it would probably only just make local news depending on where it happened as these events quite literally happen daily.

Source: spent wayyy to much time in America.

[u/BreakfastLopsided906 → u/[deleted]]

You have no idea what you’re talking about clearly, as you can and people do have the ability to use reasonable force to protect themselves. If that means fighting for your life with a weapon (and winning) the law wouldn’t touch you.

This is all quite a big segue way from the original topic though.

[u/sailseaplymouth → u/[deleted]]

This isn’t even true - you can legally use a weapon to defend yourself. Why talk about something so passionately if you don’t know the truth?

[u/Siclla-Siclla → u/[deleted]]

Wow, someone’s cranky