Bradley

This is mostly why I'm against it. If only 1 person is wrongfully sent to death, the whole thing becomes a tragedy of epic proportions. Plenty of examples of this happening, too. If it was such an effective deterrent, why do people keep on committing crime? The fact is, if you're prepared to murder someone, you don't care about the consequences. Also, what happens if the person who is sent to death is actually innocent?

Very much so.

It's when the state gets to legally murder its citizens.

What do you think?

Yes, in the announcements channel :).

We use lichess.org to host the matches, and the above shows the progression of the tournament. These are being held once a month, and I'll ping everyone when we have our next tournament.

What do you think?

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Can’t say I’m 100% sure, but hand guns and pump action shotguns are effectively banned. The assault rifles that are allowed have restrictions on the caliber too. To get the necessary certificates to own such guns you have to go through several checks, and have a good reason to own guns. Personal protection isn’t a sufficient reason in England, Wales and Scotland, although Northern Ireland has other rules. Such checks include health records and sometimes police interviews too.

It's not something that is regularly polled because, well, it's not a political issue here. But a poll from 2010 found that Brits wanted even stricter rules on guns ( https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2010/06/07/Ban-on-guns ). I don't think that's changed to be honest, because it just isn't a political issue over here. There is a general political consensus that guns should not be widely owned by the public. People are more worried over knife crime, but honestly you can't compare that issue with the gun deaths in America tbh. What I do know is that virtually everyone I've ever spoken to about this thinks it's absolutely bonkers to own military style weapons. Most are okay with weapons for hunting, but even that makes some people nervous.

I always find it interesting when speaking to Americans about guns. Us Brits (a generalisation of course) have a totally different view, and find it crazy how you can legally own weapons that can cause so much damage.

Not remotely controversial. We are 100% the worst alliance in the history of nation simulators.

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