Now, let's think about this. Their big solution to the problem, the way they want to stop this from happening again, is for everyone to post "guns off the streets" on the internet.
Yeah. Because there's no strict gun control in the UK. And talking about it on the internet will help.
This isn't so much an argument for bearing your own arms, but rather a study in how sad gun control really is. Gun control means that innocent people like Rhys are just as bad or worse off in many situations, and worse yet it becomes a rallying cry for people who just want to feel better instead of actually doing something. Even with such clear evidence presented to their face that it doesn't work at all, they'd rather cling to their belief in gun control rather than face facts like an adult because believing in gun control makes them feel good, and facing facts is scary.
The silver lining here is that at least somebody over there has the sense to realize catching the criminal is relevant, but the crux of the matter is, getting the criminal off the streets will keep this from happening again. The gun honestly had nothing to do with it.
This is the perfect illustration that gun control does exactly what I claim it does: it weakens the stance of law abiding people and strengthens and emboldens the criminal.
And really even though this happened in the UK, the same attitude and response happens everywhere in the world.