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driveway · 01-08-2013, 06:17 AM

I believe his argument was that, since increased gun control was implemented in the UK, violent crime has gone up, which is an absolute fabrication.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datab...-england-wales

Just like everywhere else in the developing world, crime rates of all kinds in the UK have been steadily falling for years. There is no correlation at all between gun ownership and a reduction in violent crime.

01-08-2013, 06:17 AM	#381
driveway A Fiddler Crab Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago Exp:	I believe his argument was that, since increased gun control was implemented in the UK, violent crime has gone up, which is an absolute fabrication. http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datab...-england-wales Just like everywhere else in the developing world, crime rates of all kinds in the UK have been steadily falling for years. There is no correlation at all between gun ownership and a reduction in violent crime.