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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] More Data: UK. While the US has higher murder and rape rates than the UK (and always has, gun bans or no, probably for ill-understood cultural reasons), the gap has lessened considerably between 1981 and 1996. (Langdon and Farrington, "Crime and Justice in the United States and England and Wales, 1981-1996", Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1998), the UK (excluding Scotland, which has a different legal system, and Northern Ireland, a place of conflict which would skew the Uk statistics even more upwards) has 1.4 times the robbery rate, more than twice the assault rate, and nearl double the burglary rate and auto theft rate. (ibid) In fact, Britian's crime rates were far lower in the period before WWI, when any law-abiding and sane adult could buy a handgun, and get a permit to carryt it concealed. (Colin Greenwood, "Firearms Control: A Study of Firearms Control in England and Wales" 1972. The May 9, 1999 Times of London carried an amazing article on the failure of British Gun Control, including: "Last week a 16-year-old boy, a self-confessed gang leader from a housing estate in east London, proudly displayed his 9,, Smith & Wesson... another, 14 years old, opened up his Nike bag to the reporter, showing him two .357 revolvers... a 16-year old delinquent told the reporter he could 'rent' a gun for about 80 pounds. Official statistics show children as young as 12 arrested for possession of loaded guns in public. (Eden Hamzie, "Children of 14 carry guns for 'status'," Sunday Times, May 9, 1999. A research study done for a Parliamentary inquiry concluded that there were some 3 MILLION guns illegaly held in Britain. In some areas, 1/3 of young criminals (15-25) have acces to guns, and according to the Home Office, armed crime rose 10% from 1997-1998. (John Ungoed-Thomas, "Killings rise as 3m illegal guns flood Britain", Sunday Times, Jan 16, 2000. And they think they're SAFE??? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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