12-09-2005, 05:31 PM
Here are some interesting facts about gun control in Great Britian where guns were banned in 1997.
more here, here and here.
This type of gun control does not lead to a safer society. If it actually passes it will be a huge waste and very likely a step in the wrong direction from what it's intended to do... make Canada safer.
Quote:Great Britain provides another valuable point of comparison. Despite having firearm laws even more repressive than Canada’s, the violent crime rate has tripled since 1997, when all handguns were banned and confiscated. At the same time, the homicide rate has increased by 28 percent (Dodd, Nicholas, Povey, and Walker, 2005, table 2.04; and Povey, 2005, table 1.01.). British restrictive gun laws have not even reduced gun crime, which has now doubled since 1997 (Povey, 2005, table 2.03).
more here, here and here.
This type of gun control does not lead to a safer society. If it actually passes it will be a huge waste and very likely a step in the wrong direction from what it's intended to do... make Canada safer.