[Osem]

The thing about guns is that no close contact or great risk is involved and the feeling of 'superiority' they afford to the carrier especially in a country like the UK where they're very uncommon. This means multiple fatalities are much more likely than where someone has to fight with a knife or whatever. It's also far easier to kill lots of people in a relatively short moment of rage with a gun and thank the Lord they're still relatively rare here.