Thread: Englands Gun crimes 4 times higher since ban
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Old 03-18-2008, 07:27 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Grace View Post
I did read it Gary. These are the lies exposed. For example just off the top of my head remembering the article

-The latest figures show that there was a 13 per cent fall in firearms offences, excluding air weapons, from 11,084 in 2005-06 to 9,608 in 2006-07.

This was exposed as a lie, and showed that there was actualy a 18% increase in fire arm offenses.

You're getting confused Grace.

There was an 18% increase in 2005-6 and a 13% decrease in 2006-7.

When you are dealing with relatively low murder rates - between 40 and 60 - those kind of percentage swings are rather misleading.

If you read the quotes I posted - from YOUR linked article- you will see that the statistics swing considerably.

One thing is for sure - the firearms murder rate in the entire UK is still about 7 times smaller than in the US per capita.

The Brits will continue to keep their government in line by not granting it permission to legalise handguns, in case ot leads to a US style killing culture
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Doggone it darn right you betcha bless your heart maverick
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