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Originally Posted by willravel
There are very few reliable gun stats online. It's something I discovered a few years ago in a similar conversation. BTW, it's not poisoning the well, if anything it's ad hominem fallacy as I discussed the credibility of the source, but really it's not a fallacy at all to question the validity of unsubstantiated stats from a gun enthusiast site about gun control. It's perfectly reasonable.
According to a UK Gov website, less than .05% of all crime in the UK is linked to guns.
The gun ban started in 1997. What do you see between 1997 and 2000?
Crime did go up 35% in 2003, but that was attributed to drugs, not guns. Gun crime is still VERY low. |
Burglary is a crime against property, not people. Home invasions and robberies are not classified under burglary and therefore the graph simply shows that in 1997, the rate at which burglaries per capita was falling decreased.