BRITAIN: Crime Warning shot as more criminals use guns

Gun free Britain , huh? The OONLY ones who are gun free in Britain are the serfs, er uuuuuuuh... I mean citizens !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BRITAIN: Crime Warning shot as more criminals use guns
Date: Jul 20, 2006 10:30 AM
PUBLICATION: The Daily Telegraph
DATE: 2006.07.20
PAGE: 004
SECTION: News
BYLINE: John Steele
WORD COUNT: 259

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Crime Warning shot as more criminals use guns

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TOTAL recorded crimes - those reported to police and then logged for
Government statistics - remained roughly stable in the year 2005-06,
with a one per cent fall from the previous year, to 5,556,513 offences.

However, total recorded violent crime rose by two per cent, compared
with 2004-05, to 1,220,198 offences.

There were 765 homicides, 12 per cent fewer than in the previous year,
representing the third annual fall in a row. This was despite the death
of 52 victims in the July 7 suicide bombings. However, the number of
murders was still higher than the total of 739 in 1997 when Labour came
to power.

Serious woundings fell by four per cent to 18,825 offences, and the most
serious violent crimes were down by 13 per cent. But the use of handguns
in crime rose by seven per cent to 4,652 offences, and there was a 16
per cent year-on-year upsurge in the number of serious injuries in
firearms incidents.

Muggings in England and Wales rose by eight per cent, including a 10 per
cent increase in gunpoint robberies.

The figures showed a substantial increase in drug offences - up by 23
per cent to 178,500 in 2005-06. This is thought to be largely due to
police issuing more formal warnings for cannabis possession - which rose
from 88,000 to nearly 120,000.

Home burglaries fell by seven per cent, to just over 300,000, reflecting
the long-term downward trend in break-ins. Better car security also led
to a fall in vehicle thefts by three per cent.

The British Crime Survey, which canvasses the public about crime,
estimated that in 2005-06, there were approximately 10.9 million crimes
against adults living in private households.




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