British Gun Crime up 242 Percent; Post Says 'Laws Seen As Curbing Attacks'

NewsBusters, Washingon Post ^ | 4/24/07 | Ken Shepherd

[AT7Saluki]

This morning, NewsBusters contributing editor Dan Gainor brought this Washington Post article to my attention:

"Britain's Gun Laws Seen as Curbing Attacks"

But the problem is that while anti-gun activists recited those talking points in Post foreign service correspondent Mary Jordan's April 24 story, the empirical evidence shows otherwise.

The number of crimes in which a handgun was used in England and Wales has risen from 299 in 1995 to 1,024 last year. Offenses committed with all types of firearms, including air guns, have also increased.

That's an increase of 725 gun crimes in 11 years, a 242 percent increase.

[AT7Saluki]

Once again we see the MO of the left: the end justifies the means. "Don't criticize what we say/do. Laud us for looking out for you."

[massgopguy]

What guns?

[jrp]

So you mean the gun banners in GB lie just like the ones in the US? Who’da thunk?

[sageb1]

Exactly. What guns? Who’s buying? Who’s selling? Where are the guns coming from? /s (kinda)

[Egon]

Pling.

[3AngelaD]

Carl Rowan didn’t die. He just moved to the U.K.

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

The libs wanted that to happen.

[NRA1995]

But....but....but....handguns were outlawed there.....oh never mind......

[UKrepublican]

I think you need to look into greater detail here.

The statistics for gun crime are widly distorted in the UK.

The biggest rise in gun crime is attributed to airguns, imitation guns and other weapons such as paintball of which there are few controls placed. The past two years have seen a fall in handgun crime.

[NRA1995]

The number of crimes in which a handgun was used in England and Wales has risen from 299 in 1995 to 1,024 last year. Offenses committed with all types of firearms, including air guns, have also increased. That's an increase of 725 gun crimes in 11 years, a 242 percent increase.

Talk about an inconvenient truth.....

[Eric in the Ozarks]

An airgun pal of mine was trying to explain UK’s rules for airguns; he mentioned different pressures based on test taking...

[Free ThinkerNY]

We don’t need gun control. We need scum control. Ban the barbarians within who wage war against civilized people.

[JayAr36]

There must be some awful powerful airguns, imitation guns and paintball guns in GB to have killed all those people. Your statements are inane and self serving!

[TexasRepublic]

Degenerate culture is a far greater problem than weapons.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Gun crimes, not murders.

[Philistone]

“I enjoy feeling your pain. In fact I enjoy it so much I’m going to create more of it.”

[Publius6961]

Guess those Brit Twits failed to consider reality:

Unless the gun fairy can wave a magic wand and make all firearms manufactured since 1364 disappear...

Stupidity knows no national boundaries.

[pabianice]

So what? Gun bans for the peasants make Liberals feel good about themselves...

[Drawsing]

There must be some awful powerful airguns, imitation guns and paintball guns in GB to have killed all those people.

Where are the statistics on people killed? So far in these postings I have only seen "gun crime" numbers.

[LM_Guy]

Cut me some slack - I am not pro gun control.

But “The gun-murder rate in America is more than 30 times that of England and Wales”