Karim Brohi, a trauma surgeon at the Royal London Hospital and director of London’s major trauma system, said in a statement on Saturday that while knife violence was “a serious issue” in London, “to suggest guns are part of the solution is ridiculous.”He added: “Gunshot wounds are at least twice as lethal as knife injuries and more difficult to repair. We are proud of our world-leading service and to serve the people of London.”Knife crime in Britain rose by 21 percent last year, according to figures released in September by the Office for National Statistics, which compiles an authoritative survey of crime in England and Wales. Stabbings in London were at their highest level in six years: At least 38 people in London have died from knife crime so far this year, according to the Metropolitan Police. More than 30,000 Americans were killed by firearms in 2016, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Protection. In France, after Mr. Trump said a civilian could have stopped the massacre at the Bataclan concert hall in November 2015 if that person had been armed with a gun, François Hollande, the former French president, said on Twitter that the comments and antics were “shameful” and “obscene,” according to Reuters.

Source: New York Times May 05, 2018 11:48 UTC