The UK firearms laws are renowned for their ineffectiveness and their bureaucratic and complex structure, but this latest proposed amendment to the Violent Crime Reduction bill still takes some believing. See http://psa.bizhosting.com/whats_new.html
At the very bottom of that page you will see the Government figures showing the decline in the legal ownership of firearms, and the number of people killed and injured by the illegal use of firearms in England and Wales over a similar period. I can cite if anyone needs the sources. Mike Eveleigh ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] then delete it. BASC may monitor email traffic. By replying to this e-mail you consent to BASC monitoring the content of any email you send or receive from BASC. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifies with authority, states them to be the views of the British Association for Shooting and Conservation. BASC can confirm that this email message and any attachments have been scanned for the presence of computer viruses but recommends that you make your own virus checks. ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ To post, send message to [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/firearmsregprof Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
