Re: WAAAY OT: Politics (Liberal Leaning)


Keith Willoughby wrote:
"BadgerBC" <neilrichardson3819@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Incidentally, is the gun related homicide rate on the rise in
the UK?

For England+Wales, 68 in the 2003/2004 reporting period, 78 in the
2004/2005 period, but down from the previous 2 reporting periods. They
accounted for 9% of all homicides.

Geez. That is really low. East Palo Alto which is pretty close to my
home had something like 42 in a year in the early 1990s when we moved
to Atherton. EPA had a population of about 28,000 then.


http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs06/hosb0206.pdf

Of course, if you include all of the UK, I'd imagine there's been a
precipitous decrease in firearm homicides in the last 20 or so years ;-)


Yup. Of course I used to just shake my head every time I saw one of
the hooded men brandishing an M16A1 (I guess you guys call it
Armalites). I guess those who pitched in those fundraisers couldn't
connect the dots. <rolls eyes>

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