Comments on: Things Are Bad in the UK… http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/ Always Correct, It's A Gift Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:40:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: JayF http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1109 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 20:06:06 +0000 http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1109 Things are so great in the UK that they banned and confiscated all handguns and all semiauto and pump hunting rifles and shotguns. Keep telling us how good it is in the UK, so US gunowners won't have any doubts about what you intend to do here. Things are so great in the UK that they banned and confiscated all handguns and all semiauto and pump hunting rifles and shotguns.

Keep telling us how good it is in the UK, so US gunowners won’t have any doubts about what you intend to do here.

]]> by: FeroVeritas-Certified Racist http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1107 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:15:32 +0000 http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1107 I supposed you missed the other statistic further down: The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King's College London recently conducted some deeper analysis of the available Home Office's statistics. It concluded that between 22,000 and 57,900 young people could have been victims of knife crime in 2004. However, it says without better official data it is impossible to know for sure - and that we need that data to improve the public debate. Doofus. I supposed you missed the other statistic further down:

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies at King’s College London recently conducted some deeper analysis of the available Home Office’s statistics.

It concluded that between 22,000 and 57,900 young people could have been victims of knife crime in 2004. However, it says without better official data it is impossible to know for sure - and that we need that data to improve the public debate.

Doofus.

]]> by: Administrator http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1104 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:09:14 +0000 http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1104 I guess the statement in the Home Office report is confusing to you: <i>The number of police recorded offences involving firearms fell by thirteen per cent between 2005/06 and 2006/07.</i> I guess the statement in the Home Office report is confusing to you:

The number of police recorded offences involving firearms fell by thirteen per cent between 2005/06 and 2006/07.

]]> by: Michael Hawkins http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1103 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:46:42 +0000 http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1103 Yes, and the telegraph links to the very same study ... There yet? Yes, and the telegraph links to the very same study …
There yet?

]]> by: Administrator http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1102 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:01:43 +0000 http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1102 The link to the study is furnished by my BBC cite. The link to the study is furnished by my BBC cite.

]]> by: Michael Hawkins http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1100 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:25:16 +0000 http://leftrudder.blogsome.com/2008/02/03/things-are-bad-in-the-uk/#comment-1100 You can't make comments about gun crime as a whole, but only discuss England and Wales, leaving out the worst region of all: Scotland. Also: not every newspaper agrees that gun cime is going dow, the telegraph claims it's gone up by 4%, based on the very same study! <b> </b> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/24/nguns324.xml" rel="nofollow">Article by the telegraph</a> You can’t make comments about gun crime as a whole, but only discuss England and Wales, leaving out the worst region of all: Scotland.

Also: not every newspaper agrees that gun cime is going dow, the telegraph claims it’s gone up by 4%, based on the very same study!

Article by the telegraph

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