[Stoat]

Perhaps, or it could be the criminals' realization that they have a nation of primarily law-abiding people at their feet who are easy victims for 2-legged jackals who think nothing of destroying the lives of others.

When there is little fear of being jailed it doesn't help matters either

Great Britain Ministers beg judges - don't jail any more criminals! (prisons are full)

[William Tell]

Stoat said: "Perhaps, or it could be ..."

Except that the article doesn't mention any victimization of innocent people. It only mentions "possessing or distributing prohibited weapons or ammunition"; which in the UK covers just about everything protected here by the Second Amendment.

It should be no wonder that their prisons are overflowing and yet victimization of the innocent is on the rise.