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		sonotathrowaway 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies Genuinely believing that only one person in America dies in a home invasion is hard to take seriously. I imagine most preteens in America have a better grasp of reality than the one you’re espousing here.

Dayshine 2 days ago [–]

I just checked UK stats and from my reading of ONS's homicide data it's entirely possible it's around zero from burglary gone wrong.

The us is only 5 times bigger

IAmBroom 2 days ago | [–]

IIRC hand guns are slightly harder to obtain in the UK. And also slightly less legal for civilians to own.

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