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I've long heard that violent crime of all sorts rose steadily immediately after the ban on handguns took effect.
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Why do you think that would be the case as handguns were for target shooting only.
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Violent crimes in the UK are far more prevalent than the low number of gun murders suggest them to be.
As mentioned on another thread knifings are fairly common in some areas.
Would you rather be shot or beaten to death with an iron pipe?
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UNODC murder rates most recent year. United States
deaths per 100,000 population
Northern Europe
1.5
1,432
Europe
Southern Europe
1.4
1,669
Europe
Western Europe
1.0
1,852
Northern America
3.9
13,558