Exemples de resultats a la suite du bannissement au Royaume-Uni des armes de poing :
Gun crime rises despite Dunblane pistol ban
By Philip Johnston, Home Affairs Editor
"HANDGUN crime increased by 40 per cent in the two years after the ban imposed because of the Dunblane massacre, according to a new study."
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...17/nhand17.xml Gun crimes soaring despite ban brought in following Dunblane
By David Bamber, Home Affairs Correspondent
(Filed: 15/07/2001)
"An independent report, Illegal Firearms in the UK, to be published by the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College in London tomorrow, says that handguns were used in 3,685 offences last year compared with 2,648 in 1997, an increase of 40 per cent."
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../15/ngun15.xml London gun crime rockets
Justin Davenport Crime Correspondent
8 July 2002
"Crime in Britain is rocketing with sharp rises in gun and violence offences, figures will reveal this week."
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/l...rticles/435430 UK Ban On Handguns Has Not Lowered Gun Crime Figures
By Patrick Goodenough
CNS London Bureau Chief
January 11, 2001
"Last year, 3,685 crimes were committed by perpetrators armed with illegal handguns, including 43 murders, 310 attempted murders and 2,561 robberies, according to Home Office figures released to parliament. It is the highest number in seven years"
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBu...20010111e.html Gun crime trebles as weapons and drugs flood British cities
By David Bamber, Home Affairs Correspondent
February 24, 2002
"GUN crime has almost trebled in London during the past year and is soaring in other British cities, according to Home Office figures obtained by The Telegraph."
http://www.allsafedefense.com/news/I...imeTrebles.htm Failure of British Gun Control
Did British Gun Control Work?
by Iain Murray
United Press International
Thursday, June 21, 2001
"These figures speak for themselves. Britain enacted strict gun control laws and has achieved a rise in gun crime, a decline in safety and a position where access to firearms among delinquent children seems commonplace."
http://www.allsafedefense.com/news/I...itsFailure.htm Handgun crime soars despite Dunblane ban
By Thomas Harding
(Filed: 11/01/2001)
"The use of illegal weapons rose dramatically with 42 people killed. ... The total was more than a third up on the previous year, according to figures given in a parliamentary written answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton, a Home Office minister."
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m.../11/ngun11.xml Dunblane gun law has been failure
"Colin Greenwood, a retired police officer and leading expert on firearms law, has argued persuasively that gun control legislation has been an abject failure."
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...28/ixhome.html Hoey criticises ban on handguns
By David Sapsted
(Filed: 02/01/2001)
"THE post-Dunblane ban on handgun possession has done nothing to stop criminals getting their hands on firearms, according to Kate Hoey, the sports minister."
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/m...02/nhoey02.xml Massive rise in gun murders
by Justin Davenport Crime Correspondent
This is London
December 19, 2001
"Gun crime in London is rocketing, with increases of almost 90 per cent in some firearms offences, Scotland Yard revealed today."
http://www.allsafedefense.com/news/I...rsIncrease.htm