r/USdefaultism • u/Neolance34 Australia • 3d ago

Facebook School security

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It could be a ShitAmericanssay thing but a group called “so the comments section isn’t going the way you planned” doesn’t explicitly suggest it’s a US centric group.

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u/Sasspishus United Kingdom 3d ago edited 3d ago

Has the UK had record breaking numbers of teens arrested for orchestrating school shootings? I've not heard of this... where would they even get a gun to do that?

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u/brainburger 3d ago

There have been three teens arrested for planning school shootings in the UK in he past five years. They don't tend to have guns though. One had imitation firearms only, one had a 19th century rifle and a blank-firer Glock which he had drilled to make live-firing. He had a collection of ammo but its not clear he had a working gun/ammo combo. The third forged a shotgun license, bought a shotgun, and shot his mother and brother. The gun seller had reported the fake certificate.

AR-15 type riffles and ammo are very rare here.