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Posted: 7/23/2001 10:38:21 AM EDT
A new study by the Centre for Defence Studies at Kings College in
London finds handgun crime rose by 40% in the two years after Britain
banned the weapons in 1997. "The research, commissioned by the
Countryside Alliance's Campaign for Shooting, has concluded that
existing laws are targeting legitimate users of firearms rather than
criminals," the BBC reports.

Link Posted: 7/23/2001 10:40:37 AM EDT
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Now, now, garandman, you know as well as I do that any study funded by gun-nuts is invalid on its face.  Only studies paid for by stridently anti-gun groups can be trusted to be completely factual and unbiased.
Link Posted: 7/23/2001 10:47:31 AM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/23/2001 10:52:58 AM EDT
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The "answer" to this dilemma, predictably, will be strident calls for MORE and STRICTER gun control.
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He's right, thing is it will get worse in Canada not Britain, See when the US had school shootings Canada had to get more stringent laws to bring a stop to this... even though it wasn't happening in our country. don't ask me how it works.
Link Posted: 7/23/2001 10:54:40 AM EDT
[#4]
You're not being funny.  Now Parliament is passing further restrictions on air-guns and toy guns.  No joke.
Link Posted: 7/23/2001 10:55:28 AM EDT
[#5]
Scarecrow does it suck living in Canada with all the gay gun laws?
Link Posted: 7/23/2001 12:03:27 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 7/23/2001 12:34:05 PM EDT
[#7]
Do you have a link for this?
Link Posted: 7/23/2001 12:41:18 PM EDT
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Do you have a link for this?
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No. It came as part of an e-journal called The Federalist. My experience that this is a VERy reputable source.

To verify the info, I'd do a search on any of the organizations listed in the original post.

or go to www.federalist.org, and ask for verification.
Link Posted: 7/23/2001 12:56:04 PM EDT
[#9]
Here's one about banning toy guns:
[url]http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-95739,00.html[/url]

Here's the link to the 40% increase in handgun crime in the UK:

[url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4222184,00.html[/url] Note that it's a VERY small blurb.
Link Posted: 7/23/2001 1:12:06 PM EDT
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Do you have a link for this?
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Try this
[url]http://www.sky.com/skynews/storytemplate/storytoppic/0,,30100-1023397,00.html[/url]

This is also interesting [url]http://www.handgunsmag.com/dynamic.asp?intSectionID=0[/url]
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