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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
I would hope that if someone in the UK owned a gun which was stolen and used for murder, the gun owner could go to prison for a crime that boils down to "not taking proper care of a gun," possibly with an "with disastrous results" addition, rather than "murder." (Also, I doubt the UK convicts someone who owns an axe, whose neighbor stole it and used it to kill someone else.)
Does the UK convict people for other people's crimes on the grounds that the actual perpetrator isn't available, and this person is definitely responsible for part of the events?
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The gun is a red herring as there is a licensing and registration process. Substitute "knife" for "gun".