hardly "awash"
there's still only 0.22 people per 100000 murdered intentionally in the uk with a firearm compared with 3 per 100000 in the U.S.
( Cockweasle, Tue 27 Nov 2012, 21:52, Reply)

That's clearly because
everybody is so well armed in UK.
( omnitruncatedkraken from Empire Algol, Tue 27 Nov 2012, 22:29, Reply)