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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
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Originally Posted by Mojo_PeiPei
Does anyone else gather that idea's like those expressed in the article, along with that of "gun control" go to explain with Briton's violent crime rates have tripled over the last few years?
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Violent crime has increased by 11% according to the BCS.
Mr Mephisto
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Here's some.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.../10/ngun10.xml
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Crimes involving firearms increased by 35 per cent last year to record levels, with nearly 30 incidents every day, according to new Home Office figures for recorded crime
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...por_right.html
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GUN crime has almost trebled in London during the past year and is soaring in other British cities, according to Home Office figures obtained by The Telegraph.
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The new gun crime figures also show that handgun crime has soared past levels last seen before the Dunblane massacre of 1996 and the ban on the weapons that followed. The ban on ownership of handguns was introduced in 1997, the year after Thomas Hamilton, an amateur shooting enthusiast, shot dead 16 schoolchildren, their teacher and himself in Dunblane, Perthshire.
It was hoped that the measure would reduce the number of handguns available to criminals. According to internal Home Office statistics, however, handgun crime is now at its highest since 1993.
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Remember that even though it says it's trebled, the UK is nowhere near the amount of gun related crime in the US. We have 1/4th the population, yet USA has a much higher figure per capita.
I personally think the original article in the first post was more of what the average citizen should do when faced with an intruder. Kind of like advice for what one should do when faced with a potentially dangerous dog.
I can understand it. For our American friends who own firearms and are trained and ready to use them in their homes: YOU migh have the restraint and the preparation to protect yourselves, but what about the burglar? You might have ammunition in a home defense weapon that will not penetrate walls, but do they? And if your first shot misses, what happens if they decide to fire wildly?
However, should the attitude as suggested in the artcile become widespread and encouraged by the authorities, it will give burglars more confidence.
British laws should be changing soon, giving homeowners more right to defend themselves and this article would also seem to be asking to tone down the amount of cheering for homeowners to use lethal force in their own homes.