Preventing school shootings

[Beej]

uhh..in 1995 britain installed gun bans.

I'm pulling all my info off uk gov websites.



Sharp objects are taking over - the only crimes that are going down, according to the governments own stats, are domestic incidents. Strangers killing Strangers has remained virtually unchanged in 12 years.

And concerning Gun Crimes:

"Firearms (including air weapons) were reported to have been used in 22,789 recorded crimes in 2004/05. This is 5% down on the previous year, and the first fall since 1997. "

Since 1997! And it was only 5%, so, basically, unchanged since 1997, since It was clearly going up the last 10 years.

And one more quote from the site:

The overall fall masks a big increase in imitation weapon offences, up 55%

So yeah - if that doesnt say that people will find a way to hurt each other, I don't know what will.

I don't have time to read the whole report now, but I will tonight.

I think it's unfair that you left out the following sentence:

Between 1995 and 2004/05 British Crime Survey (BCS) violent crime has fallen by 43%

Disclaimer: the above has nothing to do with gun-specific crimes. The report is a pain in the ass to read (firearms different from air weapons, wtf are imitation weapons, etc...just give me some goddamn easy to read numbers) and I don't want to say anything else until I read the whole thing.