[snip]Shooting incidents in London ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/london ) have almost doubled compared with the same period last year, prompting grave concerns that gun crime ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/ukcrime ) in some areas is out of control. Scotland Yard has admitted a 17% rise in overall firearms offences, although the Metropolitan police ( http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/police ) chief, Sir Paul Stephenson, has put that down to a blip. They reveal that the number of actual shootings has almost doubled from 123 to 236 in the last six months compared with the same period last year, a rise of 91.8%. Serious firearms offences have risen by 47% across the capital. Those discharging the firearms and those being shot at are young teenagers involved in "respect shootings" to settle petty disputes with little thought of the consequences, say police and community leaders. [snip] http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/nov/03/london-gun-crime-shootings-rise ******************************************************************* Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M. o- 651-523-2142 Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f- 651-523-2236 St. Paul, MN 55113-1235 c- 612-865-7956 [email protected] http://law.hamline.edu/node/784
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