Also, although England’s murder rate is only one-sixth of America’s, England’s murder rate is increasing, while the United States murder rate is decreasing. According to the Justice Department’s National Crime Victimization Survey the crime rate declined in 2000 and is at it’s lowest since 1973. The murder rate in the United States has been decreasing since 1992 and murder rate in England has been increasing since 1981. In fact, even though England is gun free, gun crime has been steadily rising since the 1997 Dunblane pistol ban and it is now at it’s highest since 1993. It is evident that banning guns does not decrease crime because people bent on committing a crime or murder just use another method. The fact is that banning guns does not decrease crime; it just makes it harder for law abiding citizens, especially women, to defend themselves.
Does anyone have the rate for england before they started banning guns way back when? I would be interested in knowing what the rate was for the US at that time as well. I suspect that they have always had a lower rate than us (different society, different people), and that our rate over the years is no different in it's change than theirs. Don't know where to look for statistics.
I would think the murder rate disparity is due to the fact that America is home to more than 250+ million people...how many call England home?