Sam The Bam
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I don't know. I would guess it's because other European countries haven't had events like Dunblane or Hungerford committed with legally held firearms. It's notable that the Charlie Hebdo and Bataclan murders were committed with assault rifles which I assume are illegal for civilians to own in France (and wikipedia seems to agree with).
One of the benefits of being an island nation, smuggling fully automatic weapons in is much harder than with a land border.
Norway 2011, Anders Breivik shot and killed 69 people and wounded 100+. Most of them were of school age.
The Winnenden school shooting occurred on the morning of 11 March 2009 at a secondary school in Winnenden, Baden-Württemberg, in southwestern Germany. The shooting spree resulted in 16 deaths
There is also the Albertville school shooting in Germany that left 12 people dead.
The Erfurt massacre was a school massacre that occurred on 26 April 2002 at the Gutenberg-Gymnasium in the Thuringia State capital Erfurt, Germany. That resulted in 16 deaths.
Think if you dig a little mate you will find there have been a fair few mass shootings in Europe over the years.
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