The Dunblane Effect

摘要

Britons were already worrying about their safety. Then an ex-Boy Scout leader named Thomas Hamilton took four high-powered rifles into a primary school in a peaceful Scottish village, slaughtering 16 children and their teacher. The Dunblane massacre last March made it clear that gun violence could no longer be dismissed as an American problem. Last week, under enormous public pressure, the government announced a sweeping ban on handguns.