The increase goes back further than the more recent banns.
also from the above article.
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He said the rise was largely down to successful smuggling of illegal guns into the country.
Weapons have even been disguised as key rings no larger than a matchbox to get them in, he said.
Other sources of guns include battlefield trophies brought back by soldiers, the illegal conversion of replica firearms including blank firing pistols and the reactivation of weapons which had been deactivated.
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Since the UK is not bordered by a southern neighbor with out of control drug cartels exporting armed gangsters along with cocaine and a country who's customs and police have been unable to halt the transhipment of european and asian produced designer drugs and heroin across our northern borders, thats a factor that plays less of a part in motive for UK crime.
The Scots and Irish are less of a problem for the UK than the thousands of criminals hiding amongst the twelve million illegal aliens residing in this country.