Hi Platt
So just imagine what it could have been like if they hadn't been banned. It could have
been like the USA where the number of legally owned gun related deaths each year are
in the tens of thousands rather than just in the tens as in the UK.
Actually I thought the banning of hand guns in the UK was not a good move as the
number of gunrelated deaths per year from legally owned guns was extremely low. The
problem we have now is that many of the guns that were handed in to the police were
handed out again - but this time to the crooks. One can only speculate as to who
handed them out!
Horse
On 24 Mar 2002 at 18:16, Platt Holden wrote:
> Hi Rod:
>
> > Platt
> > Please don't talk about things you know little about, specifically, how the
> > absence of handguns in the UK led to a rise in crime, try to get your point
> > across some other way.
>
> From the London Sunday Times, March 10:
>
> The British Association of Chief Police Officers estimates there will be
> a 20 percent rise in gun crime this year, making it the third straight year
> of increases. The British Home Office reports that handgun crime is at
> its highest since 1993, while overall gun crimes have never been
> higher.
>
> Handguns were banned in Britain in 1997.
>
> So exactly what is your objection?
>
> Platt
>
>
>
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