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To: AT7Saluki

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.


9 posted on 04/24/2007 10:43:59 AM PDT by UKrepublican
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To: UKrepublican

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


11 posted on 04/24/2007 10:49:43 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: UKrepublican
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!
13 posted on 04/24/2007 10:54:13 AM PDT by JayAr36 (No Party, just a Conservative.)
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To: UKrepublican
The past two years have seen a fall in handgun crime.

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?

32 posted on 04/24/2007 1:12:28 PM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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