[pjc50]

The UK has invaded everywhere and has a total ban on handguns after the school shooting incident.

(also, perhaps surprisingly to Americans, school trained me on guns at 14: http://atc.wikia.com/wiki/L98A2_Cadet_GP_Rifle )

[manjushri]

This discussion is framed around recent decades, not centuries. The US has been far more violent than the UK on the world stage in recent decades.