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.
An airgun pal of mine was trying to explain UK’s rules for airguns; he mentioned different pressures based on test taking...
valid point. But I have a question. What happened with gun crimes committed with a handgun in the years since the gun ban, up until two years ago?