British gangs involved in an arms race...that means guns.......to defend their drug turf....

[2aguy]

Knives used to work for criminals in Britain...now, they are moving up to guns...just like criminals in the U.S......in the 1950s going into the 60s, knives and zip guns were the tools of street gangs.....after the 60s they moved into guns......

Britain is no different, they just don't understand that yet...

It also ignores that the UK ain’t as safe as some would like for you to believe.

A former undercover cop who snared members of the Burger Bar Boys has warned violent gangs are in an “arms race” to control the West Midlands’ illegal drugs trade.
Neil Woods, now a campaigner to legalise recreational drugs for rehabilitation benefits, said criminals are willing to use “extreme violence” to gain an upper hand on their competitors.
That includes “importing” illegal firearms from places like the “Balkans” region of south eastern Europe onto the streets of the West Midlands, ready for combat.
And he warned violence could spill out into rural towns like Shrewsbury and Hereford, where ‘gangs from Birmingham and Liverpool are battling it out for territory in county lines dealing’.
It comes as an FOI by Birmingham Live revealed West Midlands Police seized machine guns and sawn off shotguns from criminals in the past two years, including those in the Black Country.

UK Gangs In "Arms Race" Despite Gun Control Laws

The UK has some tough gun control laws. They’re among the toughest in the world, in fact. Here in the US, many people think we would do well to mimic the UK’s laws. After all, these anti-S...

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Linked in the above article....

Lethal firearms including submachine guns and rifles have been seized from the streets of the West Midlands, posing a blow to "very serious criminals".

Weapons associated with video games like Grand Theft Auto and Call Of Duty have been confiscated by West Midlands Police over the past two years, a Freedom Of Information (FOI) request shows.

They include revolvers, pistols and sawn off shotguns - the latter of which was the most popular choice of weapon taken from criminals.



It comes as a West Midlands Police sergeant had a handgun pointed in his face during a terrifying incident earlier this year, in which he thought he would die.

Revealed - The deadly cache of guns taken off West Midlands streets

Birmingham ranked highest for gun seizures, while Dudley was lowest in the West Midlands

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[Moonglow]

Street gangs in the US had guns as soon as they were available and that means flintlock guns used in street gangs in the 1800's.

 

[2aguy]

Street gangs in the US had guns as soon as they were available and that means flintlock guns used in street gangs in the 1800's.

Yep......your point?