Comment on I Am Well Versed in Active Shooter Training. What About First Aid?parentComments−gadders4yIt's not like we don't have violence in the UK. We don't have active shooters but we have more than a few active stabbers and active bombers.−maxehmookau4yLet's crunch the numbers:- In the year ending March 2021 there were 41,000 instances of recorded knife crime in the UK.- 224 deaths as a result of a stabbing in the same period.- Since 1970 there have been 3,395 deaths (total) from any form of terrorism in the UK.Source: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04...In the US:- 19,384 deaths as a result of a shooting. (2020)Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htmSure, we have violence, but it's on a whole different level.−gadders4yWhere did I say it was the same level? I just said the nature of the threat is different.−iso12104yI went to school when Irish bombers will blowing up my home town and killing kids. I remember having a fire drill once at school which might have doubled as a bomb-threat drill.Far more danger from the car drivers outside the front gates.
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It's not like we don't have violence in the UK. We don't have active shooters but we have more than a few active stabbers and active bombers.
Let's crunch the numbers:
- In the year ending March 2021 there were 41,000 instances of recorded knife crime in the UK.
- 224 deaths as a result of a stabbing in the same period.
- Since 1970 there have been 3,395 deaths (total) from any form of terrorism in the UK.
Source: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04...
In the US:
- 19,384 deaths as a result of a shooting. (2020)
Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htm
Sure, we have violence, but it's on a whole different level.
Where did I say it was the same level? I just said the nature of the threat is different.
I went to school when Irish bombers will blowing up my home town and killing kids. I remember having a fire drill once at school which might have doubled as a bomb-threat drill.
Far more danger from the car drivers outside the front gates.