Gun ban' utopia creates violent crime increase

Lake County [California] Record-Bee ^ | 7 March 2005 | editorial staff

[45Auto]

More guns, Less Crime. Amen.

[Calpernia]

bang

[TXBSAFH]

An armed society is a polite society. - Robert Heinlein

[Puppage]

violent crime has continued to go up in Great Britain despite a complete ban on handguns, most rifles and many shotguns

If gun control doesn't work on an ISLAND......

[jsmith48]

This came out of a CA newspaper?

Amazing!

[TChris]

Crime rates in England have skyrocketed since the ban was enacted.

Geesh! When are the clueless of the world going to see the pattern?

"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" : Its not just a cliché any more!

[OXENinFLA]

In a pattern that's repeated itself in Canada and Australia, violent crime has continued to go up in Great Britain despite a complete ban on handguns, most rifles and many shotguns.

This study brought to you by the offices of....

[PA28 Pilot]

I can't even believe this crap is still debated. There's an abundance of emperical data provoing the failure of gun bans. Good grief.

[2banana]

Sammy ''The Bull'' Gravano has, by his own admission, sent 19 men to their graves. So it's safe to say that the former underboss of the Gambino crime family knows a thing or two (or 19) about guns and violence.

That's why his recent remarks about gun control, published in Vanity Fair, have resonance.

"Gun Control? It's the best thing you can do for crooks and gangsters. I want you to have nothing. If I'm a bad guy, I'm always gonna have a gun. Safety locks? You pull the trigger with a lock on, and I'll pull the trigger. We'll see who wins."
-- VANITY FAIR 9/99 page 165 Sammy “the Bull” Gavano

[45Auto]

Outside of the heavily populated BLUE urban counties, California is a RED state.

[45Auto]

"Crime" is only the excuse for all gun bans; the politicians really have in mind to install tyranny as soon as possible. The first step to that end is to disarm the citizenry.

[jsmith48]

Same here in IL ;-)

[farfromhome]

I'm all in favor of gun control. I like to see a small cluster centered on the target :)

[Gingersnap]

It's GOOD to live in Colorado! (Make My Day)

[Billthedrill]

The number of guns owned by Americans is at an all-time high, fast approaching 300 million.

Woohoo! Well, I'm doing my part. Some of the rest of you are slacking...

[neverdem]

LOL!

[lilylangtree]

Criminal's not likely to perpetrate a crime on a vic if the criminal knows the vic could be carrying a weapon. These short-sighted pithy-a**ed gun control activists never learn.

[CyberAnt]

And .. I believe crime is down in some cities by 54%. Part of that could be the 3-strikes laws which keep criminals in jail.

[GRANGER]

The statistics have been there for a long time, assidously ignored by the liberal media.

[jrp]

The number of guns owned by Americans is at an all-time high, fast approaching 300 million

Take that, Sarah Brady!!!