Craig, Gun crime is up (although "exponentially" is wrong), which is in line with a general trend in a lot of western Europe, so I think it's a stretch to point this toward the handgun ban. However, gun crime is down in a number of areas since the ban -- mostly notably in armed robberies. A lot of gun crime we see in urban areas is gang- and race-related; these tensions have escalated in the last decade and my feeling is that they'd be hurting and killing each other no matter what the law and no matter what weapons they could lay their hands on. If all they could get were bricks, that's what they'd be using.
Knife crime is up, although the hysteria of rags like the Daily Mail would have you think Britain is a bloodbath. There was talk about them stopping the sale of pointed knives, it hasn't happenend though. I'd have issue with that -- how the heck am I supposed to pair meat or make pretty flowers out of tomatoes?! Ian --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
