If this doesn’t prove it…
September 15th, 2007 by Syd
…nothing will. Gun Control doesn’t work:
Fourfold rise in gun crime since Dunblane
Firearms injuries have quadrupled in less than a decade, according to research into gun crime (Sean O’Neill writes). The Policy Exchange think-tank studied trends in Home Office statistics since the passage of the Firearms Act 1997 after the Dunblane massacre.
Despite policies to combat gun crime, levels have risen since the law was passed – there were 9,608 firearms offences recorded in 2006-07 compared with 5,209 in 1998-99. There were 864 fatal shootings and injuries between 1998 and 1999. By 2005-06, the total rose to 3,821, comprising 49 deaths, 476 serious injuries and 3,296 slight injuries. Source: Times Online