TV tonight: how the Dunblane massacre led Britain to ban handguns (www.theguardian.com)

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Marking the 30th anniversary of the school atrocity, those who pushed to get the weapons outlawed tell their stories. Plus: Spring Clean – Keep, Chuck Or Cash In? Here’s what to watch this evening

9pm, BBC TwoA former PE teacher talks with startling calmness as she opens this documentary by recalling 13 March 1996, the day a gunman entered a Dunblane primary school gym and rapidly fired at the adults and children there. It remains the deadliest firearms atrocity in the UK. Parents of the victims, TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, the former prime minister Tony Blair and others help to tell the story of the campaign that followed to outlaw private handguns. “There’s an assumption that this horrific thing happened and guns were banned,” says Kelly. “It didn’t happen like that.” Hollie Richardson

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[-] FishFace@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Non-american here but I truly believe it's too late for them.

They have too many guns, too much of a gun culture and a bunch of other problems that mean they'll genuinely have a much harder time enforcing any ban