Fade wrote:
But shadow home affairs minister James Paice said the amnesty had "failed to address the real problem".
He said: "Nearly all gun crime involves illegally-held handguns, not legally-owned shotguns or rifles.
"The real problem is that illegal firearms are flooding into Britain because the government cannot secure our borders."
If you will check, I'm pretty sure that violent crime has increased in the UK, not decreased, since your gov. outlawed gun ownership. Same for Australia.
Fade,
You have made an excellent and very valid point IMHO. Although gun controls in this country have made ti more difficult to obtain handguns, there's no point in locking the gate if there's a gaping hole in the fence...
Yes, violent crime in the UK has increased but this is due to the Police being seemingly more preoccupied with speeding motorists than armed gangs. However, I believe we need to hike the jail terms for gun crime as a deterrant.
Although I'm very pro-gun control I do have a friend who is a keen marksman and who is very angry with what he sees as kneejerk politics in this country in response to a one off event meaning even stricter gun control.
