Guns became illegal.
If you want to keep / sell an illegal item, you'll want to keep it hidden. Small things hide easy. It's in their nature.
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Fadgebadger (1 like), Sat 15 Dec 2012, 18:49,
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that doesn't explain why the use of handguns in violent crime went up though does it?
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Sat 15 Dec 2012, 18:51,
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But did the use of larger, automatic weapons and shotguns go down?
I don't have any stats, but they more than likely did, and were replaced by easier to conceal handguns. There are prob a lot of other factors at play here, if the fact that what you state is even true at all.
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Fadgebadger (1 like), Sat 15 Dec 2012, 18:54,
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what larger automatic weapons?
there a lot of factors at play, which is why effective policing and education work a lot better than blanket bans.
www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn01940.pdf
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Rebel biscuit stercore sumus et nos esse novimus, Sat 15 Dec 2012, 19:05,
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I'm sorry I don't agree.
If guns are made illegal, ie hard to get hold of them, you will reduce these problems. Gun crime will still happen, it's inevitable, but making them less available helps to control them against pointless misuses (a 6 year old child finding his parents guns and shooting his brother dead for example)
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Fadgebadger (1 like), Sun 16 Dec 2012, 11:12,
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