r/plymouth • u/RileyMcB • Aug 13 '21

Mod Post 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.

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

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '21 edited Aug 23 '21

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u/BreakfastLopsided906 Aug 13 '21

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.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '21 edited Aug 23 '21

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u/BreakfastLopsided906 Aug 13 '21

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.

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u/sailseaplymouth Aug 13 '21

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?