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Desensitization to guns (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] tetris11@feddit.uk 9 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The majority of the UK had guns readily available up until the great war.

[sic] there were no firearm restrictions in effect, but less than 1% of the population had firearms. The Firearms act of 1920 disarmed this percentage over fears of surges in crime, as well as worries that the working class would get too unruly

[โ€“] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I don't know what % of the population had firearms but they were as you said no restrictions...and let's be honest...it wasn't about crime, it was about disarming the working class.