2aguy
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Gun crime is increasing in Britain...and they have already done everything American anti-gunners can only dream about.....they banned and confiscated guns......and yet their gun crime rate is going up, not down.
For a country that banned and confiscated guns...there is a lot of shooting going on........
Gun crime in London is up 42%....and up all over the country, as is violent crime of all types....
In the following link there is a timeline of shootings in Britain......
Why isn't there gun murder in Britain...the one thing the anti-gunners always use to try to show that Britain's gun laws work.....? They have higher penalties for gun offenses that end in murder.....and apparently, their criminals understand this...but they are still using guns to execute their crimes....
What are the sentences for gun crime and are they a deterrent in Liverpool?
But these sentences only apply if it’s your first conviction. If it’s not they will often be higher.
The maximum sentence is currently capped at 10 years, with judges also having to give criminals a discount for any guilty pleas.
Mandatory life sentences
The only offence that carries a mandatory life sentence is murder. This means imprisonment for life with a fixed minimum term to serve - so if a gun is used for murder a life sentence will be given.
Automatic life sentences can also be handed out if the person is over 18 and is a previous offender.
This includes serious firearm offences like possession of a firearm with intent to injure, use of a firearm to resist arrest or carrying a firearm with criminal intent.
Robbery where at the same time the offender was in possession of a firearm or imitation firearm also counts.
So....a possible life sentence if you are 18, a previous offender and simple possession of a gun with intent to injure....if we had that here our gun murder rate would be lower too...
At the same time...they have these sentencing laws...and their gun crime rate is going up, not down.....
our gun crime rate....went down 75% as we went from 200 million guns to 400 million guns...and we now have over 15.7 million law abiding people actually carrying guns....
For a country that banned and confiscated guns...there is a lot of shooting going on........
Gun crime in London is up 42%....and up all over the country, as is violent crime of all types....
In the following link there is a timeline of shootings in Britain......
Why isn't there gun murder in Britain...the one thing the anti-gunners always use to try to show that Britain's gun laws work.....? They have higher penalties for gun offenses that end in murder.....and apparently, their criminals understand this...but they are still using guns to execute their crimes....
What are the sentences for gun crime and are they a deterrent in Liverpool?
But these sentences only apply if it’s your first conviction. If it’s not they will often be higher.
The maximum sentence is currently capped at 10 years, with judges also having to give criminals a discount for any guilty pleas.
Mandatory life sentences
The only offence that carries a mandatory life sentence is murder. This means imprisonment for life with a fixed minimum term to serve - so if a gun is used for murder a life sentence will be given.
Automatic life sentences can also be handed out if the person is over 18 and is a previous offender.
This includes serious firearm offences like possession of a firearm with intent to injure, use of a firearm to resist arrest or carrying a firearm with criminal intent.
Robbery where at the same time the offender was in possession of a firearm or imitation firearm also counts.
So....a possible life sentence if you are 18, a previous offender and simple possession of a gun with intent to injure....if we had that here our gun murder rate would be lower too...
At the same time...they have these sentencing laws...and their gun crime rate is going up, not down.....
our gun crime rate....went down 75% as we went from 200 million guns to 400 million guns...and we now have over 15.7 million law abiding people actually carrying guns....
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