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Gun Crime Soars in England Where Guns Are Banned

Matthew492 Wrote: Dec 11, 2012 11:37 AM

"Violent crime in the United States fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2011 with murder, rape and robbery all going down, although crime remains a serious problem in many urban areas, the FBI said on Monday." Gee, what do all those urban areas tend to have in common? A, universally run by Democrats, B, strictest gun control in the nation. How's that workin' out for ya?

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Gun Crime Soars in England Where Guns Are Banned

Since NBC sportscaster Bob Costas gave us an anti-gun lecture two weeks ago during Sunday Night Football, we've heard a lot from progressives like Juan Williams, Bob Beckel and anti-gun advocacy groups about how countries in Europe with strict gun control laws don't have problems with gun crime. We've also heard the reason the United States has a "gun crime problem" is because we allow citizens to own handguns however, the numbers on violent crime committed using a gun tell a different story.

~~New~~ data out from the UK, where guns are banned, shows gun crime has soared by...

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