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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Vogon Poet: [QB] In response to Fo2's question, neither of the above. First of all, if the British police stop carrying guns so much, gun crime will decrease? Nonsense. Criminals don't carry guns because the police do, there aren't running gun battles between cops and robbers. Possible reasons for the rise in gun crime include the increased threat and fear-factor imposed by a gun now they're no longer a part of everyday life, or the growth of foreign-origin gangster culture in the UK such as the Jamaican Yardie gangs. So what if the gun ban is ineffective? At least we're trying to do something about it. Again, by your logic, banning guns doesn't work, therefore guns shouldn't be banned. Now apply that rule to, say, drugs, or child pornography and paedophilia. All the laws and bannings aren't working there, should we give up on that too? And then there's the actual increase in gun crime. The streets are still safe. Guns are still used in robberies and hold-ups just like they always were, whether or not those are on the increase I can't say. Most of the murders are drug-related so no great loss there. As you said, people will still murder each other whether they have guns or not. Hijackers can still get knives on to airplanes no matter how much the authorities try to stop them, so maybe the airline knife ban should be given up too? [/QB][/QUOTE]
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