# 12 killed by Cumbria gunman.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-killed-by-cumbria-gunman/541673>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 2, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-killed-by-cumbria-gunman/541673 "2010-06-02T17:41:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-killed-by-cumbria-gunman/541673/1 "2010-06-02T17:41:17Z")

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Or, Why we won’t be copying the USA’s fascination with firearms in the UK.

[He was “a very nice man” by all accounts](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10219655.stm).

outb4 “if everyone had guns, someone could have shot him”.

ps. There is already a thread open about this in MPSIMS.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-killed-by-cumbria-gunman/541673/2 "2010-06-02T18:01:08Z")

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> [@ivan\_astikov](#):
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> Or, Why we won’t be copying the USA’s fascination with firearms in the UK.
> 
> [He was “a very nice man” by all accounts](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10219655.stm).
> 
> outb4 “if everyone had guns, someone could have shot him”.
> 
> ps. There is already a thread open about this in MPSIMS.

Then this one really isn’t necessary, is it?  
Closing thread.