[Info-vax] [OT] Guns Was: Re: Nice printers for OpenVMS?

[Paul Sture]

On Wed, 08 Aug 2012 08:18:13 -0700, Doug Phillips wrote:

> News channels like BBC often publish crime statistics and here's one
> from 2001 (4 years after the ban):
> 
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1440764.stm
> 
> The UK's incident of gun related crime *increased* after the gun laws
> were passed. Since then, by some reports, gun related deaths decreased
> but knife related deaths increased. I've read conflicting statistics,
> but the crime increase in England since the laws were enacted seems to
> be around 89%. Even in the UK, there is a difference in statistics
> between England, Wales, Ireland & Scotland, so just looking at the UK
> doesn't tell the story any more than just looking at the US or Chicago.
> 
> Chicago, which has one of if not the highest crime rate in the world,
> has a huge gang problem and that problem significantly impacts the
> statistics.
> Non-gang related crime in Chicago is not so much different than other
> major cities. There are areas in every major city that are not safe.

>From what I recall of news reports in that era, once the UK ban came in, 
illegal firearms became "cool accessories" in gangland.  That is 
undoubtedly one reason for the increase, but there may be other factors 
at play.

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Paul Sture