Hard to be convinced by these. No proof Brits would be more responsible with guns than Yanks. Seems to me guns would raise UK murder rates.
Your data doesn't take into account fact that crime reporting has gotten much, much better, meaning older crimes are underrepresented.
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Also, as I mentioned, firearms in the UK have never been as widespread as they are in the States.
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True; but a large % gun crime in the states is generally gang related, or suicide. if guns = crime then Wyoming would be hell on earth.
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I think homicide reporting rates won't really have changed that much; a dead body is still a dead body...reporting changes would tend to
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affect other lesser crimes, like theft, or assault etc.
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