British Gun Control Failure

Posted by Mostly Genius – November 25, 2008

New Statesman – Britain’s converted gun problem

The blanket ban on handguns following the massacre of 16 schoolchildren in Dunblane in March 1996 has prevented similar mass killings from legally-owned pistols such as those witnessed in US, Germany and Finland. But in the meantime street gun crime has risen inexorably.

Last year, there were nearly 10,000 firearms offences in England and Wales, a third higher than in 1998 with 566 people fatally or seriously injured.

There is no news here, the restrictions are useless, the criminals are still arming themselves and crime is still rising despite the gun bans. New gun control measures are on the horizon for the US, but believe they will meet with far less compliance than they would in other countries. The more behavior you criminalize the more criminals you create.

  • Jmiller2

    Jeff Miller - Here in our country the U.S., Get bitten once by a snake-no big deal,bitten twice -what the,three times-you start bitting back

  • James

    Disarming law abiding citizens,is merely helping to create more of the defenseless for criminals to prey upon. I fear the US is well on its way to making a lot of these same mistakes. I see this first hand in my old neighborhoods,as well as my new one. The thugs move in,and the hard working, law abiding are forced to move out,with little to no recourse, or support from our law enforcement.This is how things are NOW.I fear for my neighbors,and what they have to look forward to in our (possibly not so distant ) future.It's no surprise to see these sorts of outcomes in England,as well as other countries around the world. They are not addressing the real issue.

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