Mr McNulty said the number of incidents for which police firearms were authorised rose from 12,379 in 1996/7 to 18,891 in 2005/6 - a 53% increase.
In London, the number almost doubled during the same period, from 2,439 to 4,711, while in the West Midlands it nearly quadrupled, from 270 to 1,044...
"Firearms offences used to be rare in Britain and we associated gun crime with America. Now it is a daily concern for millions of people in our country.
You know where they ought to try this approach?
Australia.
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What did they expect when they gave the crims carte blanche by disarming their victims?
Jesus! Churchill must be spinning like a top.
Now hold it a minute, maybe they're just not doing it right.
They should be doing it like the countries mentioned here.
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