The two main drivers of gun crime in the capital are said to be drug and gang activity. The Met has said that “the gun is very much a tool of the drug dealer […] to enforce their territory and to enforce their business” and the National Crime Agency (NCA) has highlighted that “with firearms, drugs are very prevalent within that, either seized at the time or as a precursor or as a factor within that crime group’s operating model”.8
Yes. Like we have always said. If you get rid of legal guns the only ones with guns will be criminals and government.
When you get to this point even discharging a legal weapon becomes a crime because its just wrong to protect yourself and property against the nice criminals!/s
Yes. Like we have always said. If you get rid of legal guns the only ones with guns will be criminals and government.
Well, it may have "always been said", but there's something else in these crime statistics.
Let's start with London, a city of 8.788 million - the model posted here to "prove" that Britain's tight gun laws result in helpless victims succumbing to crime.
Now let's look at New York City, a US city with tight (though by no means the tightest) gun laws. New York, with 8.538 million people, is slightly smaller than London. 2017 statistics: Murder: 292 Felony Assault: 20,052 Robbery: 13,956.
Now let's look at Houston, the biggest city in open-carry Texas. Houston is 1/4 the size of London or New York City. 2017 Statistics: Murder: 302 Felony Assault: 10,027 Robbery: 12,641.
Correlation is not causation, but one can see that tight gun laws are correlated to lower violent crime, and loose gun laws are correlated to much higher (4x higher) murder and other violent crime rates.
The statistics don't bear out the argument that an urban population living under strict gun control is less safe from crime than one with very loose gun laws, so it is perilous to make such arguments because they can so easily be refuted by the numbers.
The real truth, I think is the culture.
London has MUCH greater social support and higher social welfare payments than the US, and therefore the desperation level is lower and crime is, accordingly, lower.
New York has a much more robust system of social welfare and support than Texas. That's why the crime rate in Texas is four times the crime rate in New York. You end up paying for poverty and desperation one way or the other. In New York, they pay a lot more in taxes. In Texas, they pay a lot less in taxes and get shot more.
Now let's look at Houston, the biggest city in open-carry Texas. Houston is 1/4 the size of London or New York City. 2017 Statistics: Murder: 302 Felony Assault: 10,027 Robbery: 12,641.
What you are forgetting is that Houstan has a huge illegal alien population which is why its skewed.
Remove illegal aliens from Texas and it would be near the bottom of all fbi statics that are bad. I am a news hound and for every legal citizen causing crime there are 4 illegal aliens causing crime. Remove illegal aliens and gangbangers that come here from 3rd world places including Chitcago or NO! Texas would be damn near crime free!
Socialism is the problem and will always be the problem. Steal from the productive give it to the not worthy with out representation of the giver. Government will always be the problem to the good. Neighbors help neighbors but when the government takes all the excess money from the worker they no longer have the ability to help their neighbors which will turn neighbors against each other.
Not even close. Most of the people in Houston are from Mexico and use violence to solve issues.
Houston being near the southern border and have a major sea port makes it easy to get too. I had family near Houston.
You could easily triple the illegal population in Houston than NYC but the legal population is a third of NYC.
And they don't call the city on the Thames "Londonistan" for nothing!
I visited there about 15 years ago. I was surprised how bad it was then. No wonder londonstan vote against Brexit. Regressives should be sent to the ME for what they have done or be fed to wild dogs!
