Do you think that gun crime is down?

[NorthernRaider]

(21 February 2012, 20:43)uks Wrote: With the tight gun laws we have in this country do you really think that gun crime is down?

NO, simples, REAL gun crime is up by over 120% since 1995, it rose by over 50% in the five years following the gun amendment laws in 1996. The country is awash with guns, its the result of stupid socialist knee jerk gun control measures.

The police will say to you REPORTED gun crime is down, but like with many crimes the public no longer bother reporting crimes to the cops because they know nothing will come out of it. But real gun crime is up.

You must understand that in the UK gun control has NOTHING to do with fighting crime and everything to do with controlling the population so we cannot overthrow the government or establishment. British gun control came about in 1917 when the UK govt became terrified that the soviet revolution may spread to the UK.

As for gun crime itself, in the UK LEGALLY held guns were only ever used in less than 1% of gun crime, most of that 1% being suicidal farmers.

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I like to point out that in 2012 the cops are armed to the teeth as are the criminals, and the law abidding public are just victims in waiting.

One also has to consider the cultural and geographic effects on gun use. Since this recession started to bite unemployment has got really bad especially in places like the north east, south wales and the south west. And what is happening is people are now using guns for crime, but there is a distinction, in the big cities guns are being used to carry out robberies, settle scores among fueding drug dealers, killing school children for daring to enter the wrong estate, but in the regions the unemployed and desperate are taking up guns and going poaching. All are gun crimes but you can see the clear distinction.