> So yes to be fair that kind of very extreme approach does seem to work so far
I do not see evidence that the approach works. There were very few school shootings (or any shootings, really) before the handgun ban too. There are only two on this list that predate the handgun ban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_...
The UK has a lower per capita level of knife murders than the US too so its not just access to guns that is an issue.
I do not see evidence that the approach works. There were very few school shootings (or any shootings, really) before the handgun ban too. There are only two on this list that predate the handgun ban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_the_...
The UK has a lower per capita level of knife murders than the US too so its not just access to guns that is an issue.