2aguy
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Maybe you can explain to me why after all the gun laws bans and confiscations in the UK since the 1960's that the murder rate is actually higher than it was in the 1950's2aguy and family going to church.
I mean if tough gun laws, outright bans and confiscations lower the murder rate shouldn't the murder rate in the UK be lower than before all those things came to be?
It is up more than they want to admit......up 89% in 2009.....and it keeps going up....
Culture of violence: Gun crime goes up by 89% in a decade | Daily Mail Online
The latest Government figures show that the total number of firearm offences in England and Wales has increased from 5,209 in 1998/99 to 9,865 last year - a rise of 89 per cent.
The number of people injured or killed by guns, excluding air weapons, has increased from 864 in 1998/99 to a provisional figure of 1,760 in 2008/09, an increase of 104 per cent .
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Crime rise is biggest in a decade, ONS figures show
Ministers will also be concerned that the country is becoming increasingly violent in nature, with gun crime rising 23% to 6,375 offences, largely driven by an increase in the use of handguns.
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Gun crime in London increases by 42% - BBC News
Gun crime offences in London surged by 42% in the last year, according to official statistics.