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Originally Posted by rogueteens
i think you missed my point, using an image of a fictional British secret agent. we dont have a written constitution over here, nor do we tolerate guns.
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And you do a very good job of it as these articles clearly demonstrate!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...89-decade.html
"Culture of violence: Gun crime goes up by 89% in a decade
By James Slack
Last updated at 8:42 AM on 27th October 2009
Gun crime has increased five-fold in some parts of the UK
Gun crime has almost doubled since Labour came to power as a culture of extreme gang violence has taken hold.
The latest Government figures show that the total number of firearm offences in England and Wales has increased from 5,209 in 1998/99 to 9,865 last year - a rise of 89 per cent.
In some parts of the country, the number of offences has increased more than five-fold.
In eighteen police areas, gun crime at least doubled.
The statistic will fuel fears that the police are struggling to contain gang-related violence, in which the carrying of a firearm has become increasingly common place."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle2328368.ece
"From The Sunday Times
August 26, 2007
Ministers 'covered up' gun crime
David Leppard
THE government was accused yesterday of covering up the full extent of the gun crime epidemic sweeping Britain, after official figures showed that gun-related killings and injuries had risen more than fourfold since 1998.
The Home Office figures - which exclude crimes involving air weapons - show the number of deaths and injuries caused by gun attacks in England and Wales soared from 864 in 1998-99 to 3,821 in 2005-06. That means that more than 10 people are injured or killed in a gun attack every day.
This weekend the Tories said the figures challenged claims by Jacqui Smith, the home secretary, that gun crime was falling. David Davis, the shadow home secretary, tells her in a letter today that the ?staggering findings? show her claims that gun crime has fallen are ?inaccurate and misleading?.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukne...gun-crime.html
"Rural Britain hit by knife and gun crime
Rural Britain is being plagued by an armed crime wave despite Government attempts to clear the streets of weapons.
Tom Whitehead
By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor 8:00AM GMT 16 Jan 2010
At least one in three police forces has seen an increase in either gun or knife offences in the last year with shire counties the worst hit.
Cumbria saw gun crime virtually double while North Yorkshire witnessed a rise of almost half in offences involving a knife or sharp object, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
Burglary and robberies also continue to increase in rural corners signalling the economic downturn is still fuelling acquisitive crime...."
And your Bobbies are soooooooooooooooo endearing!
