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| Originally Posted by Paul James Like anything though it depends who you ask, agreed it probably wasn't the best example to quote but you got the gist of the remainder of the post.
How many people have been killed in handgun crime since the ban, more or less ? Answer: considerably more as it did nothing to address the root cause of the problem which still hasn't and never will be addressed. |
As you so rightly pointed out, it depends on who you ask.
Whether or not the hand gun ban has addressed the root cause of the problem, latest Home Office figures show that for the year ending March, 31 2005, hand gun crime was down by 16% -
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-v...ime/gun-crime/ Other sources site a small overall increase (6%) in gun crime since 1997, but levels remain low and much of the increase can be accounted for by use of imitation weapons.
http://www.crimeinfo.org.uk/servlet/...ory=factsheets I don't think your presumption that there is now "considerably more" handgun crime than prior to the ban holds true.