Comments on: When Guns Are Outlawed……. http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/18/when-guns-are-outlawed/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Cernig http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/18/when-guns-are-outlawed/comment-page-1/#comment-64584 Cernig Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:49:13 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/18/when-guns-are-outlawed/#comment-64584 Hi Gaius, In the UK, the phrase "the year to April 2007" means the year from April 2006 to April 2007. That's because the government always figures things in terms of taxation years, which run from April to April, so that statistics can more easily be related to budget figures. That gives a rate of 164 knife crimes per 100,000 based on the cited figures. The <a href="http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/data/table_01.html" rel="nofollow">violent crime rate</a> for the US as a whole in 2005 was 469 per 100,000. Firearms accounted for about 150 in every 100,000 of those crimes - roughly equivalent to the UK's knife-crime rate. The UK firearms crime rate is 6.1 per 100,000. In 2005 there were 5.5 homicides for every 100,000 persons compared with a UK rate of around 1.4 per 100,000. Regards, C Hi Gaius,

In the UK, the phrase “the year to April 2007″ means the year from April 2006 to April 2007. That’s because the government always figures things in terms of taxation years, which run from April to April, so that statistics can more easily be related to budget figures.

That gives a rate of 164 knife crimes per 100,000 based on the cited figures.

The violent crime rate for the US as a whole in 2005 was 469 per 100,000. Firearms accounted for about 150 in every 100,000 of those crimes – roughly equivalent to the UK’s knife-crime rate. The UK firearms crime rate is 6.1 per 100,000.

In 2005 there were 5.5 homicides for every 100,000 persons compared with a UK rate of around 1.4 per 100,000.

Regards, C

]]> By: Maggie's Farm http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/18/when-guns-are-outlawed/comment-page-1/#comment-64578 Maggie's Farm Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:20:26 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/18/when-guns-are-outlawed/#comment-64578 <strong>Sunday Links...</strong> A dumb blond. Cute photo from Theo, but if her fingers are on the triggers then she had better intend to fire those things. There is one right way, and there are many wrong ways, to display a handgun. Scary-dumb.Happy 60th Birthday to Larry Kudlow (y... Sunday Links…

A dumb blond. Cute photo from Theo, but if her fingers are on the triggers then she had better intend to fire those things. There is one right way, and there are many wrong ways, to display a handgun. Scary-dumb.Happy 60th Birthday to Larry Kudlow (y…

]]> By: Mwalimu Daudi http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/18/when-guns-are-outlawed/comment-page-1/#comment-64570 Mwalimu Daudi Sun, 19 Aug 2007 03:04:13 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/08/18/when-guns-are-outlawed/#comment-64570 Don't forget the ammo shortage caused by the Iraq War. Britain should withdraw from Iraq and bring her troops home so that more ammo is available and criminals can go back to killing people with guns instead of knives. Hey, wait - that did not come out right! What I meant to say (before I was deliberately misquoted by myself) is that global warming is responsible for the increase. Don’t forget the ammo shortage caused by the Iraq War. Britain should withdraw from Iraq and bring her troops home so that more ammo is available and criminals can go back to killing people with guns instead of knives.

Hey, wait – that did not come out right! What I meant to say (before I was deliberately misquoted by myself) is that global warming is responsible for the increase.

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