>From Crime in England and Wales 2002/2003: Supplementary Volume 1, page
30, we see Table 2b below with air weapon use deleted. The use of
firearms appears to be steadily increasing since the handgun ban in
1996 in Britain. While this is not proof of "less guns, more crime",
it will be a challenge to argue that banning handgun has created a
safer Britain using this data.
Injuries from air weapons (not include here) shows a steady level of
use to slight increase over the period.
Phil
Table 2b Crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales in which
firearms were(1) used by degree of injury
Number of offences Recorded Crime
Non-air weapons
Year Total Fatal Serious Slight
injury injury (2) injury
1998/99 864 49 162 653
1999/00 1,195 62 200 933
2000/01 1,382 72 244 1,066
2001/02 1,877 95 392 1,390
2002/03 2,179 80 416 1,683
Note
1 . By the weapon being fired, used as a blunt instrument or in a
threat.
2 . A serious injury is one which necessitated detention in hospital or
involved fractures, concussion, severe general shock, penetration by a
bullet or multiple shot wounds.
The number of firearm crimes which involved injuries has almost doubled
over the last five years, and the largest rise was seen in crimes
involving non-air weapons. Among this latter group, crimes involving
serious and slight injuries have more than doubled in the period.
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