"Klaus Schadenfreude"  wrote in message 
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> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221421/Gun-crime-soars-alarming-trend-teenage-respect-shootings.html
>
> Gun crime in London has soared due to a new wave of  teenage 'respect'
> shootings, the Metropolitan Police said today.
>
> Police have seized more than 1,000 guns in London so far this year.
>
> Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson linked rising gun crime in the
> capital with feuding gangs. Met figures show a 14 per cent rise in gun
> crime in London over four months during the summer.
>
> The weapons of choice for gangsters are the Russian-made 9mm Baikal
> pistol which is smuggled into the UK from illegal factories in
> Lithuania and the Mac-10 sub-machine pistol.

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Chris Diesel wrote:
> "Klaus Schadenfreude"  wrote in message 
> news:o3ood59442ff301aka4kudaqv6945nksg6@4ax.com...
> 
>>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1221421/Gun-crime-soars-alarming-trend-teenage-respect-shootings.html
>>
>>Gun crime in London has soared due to a new wave of  teenage 'respect'
>>shootings, the Metropolitan Police said today.
>>
>>Police have seized more than 1,000 guns in London so far this year.
>>
>>Met Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson linked rising gun crime in the
>>capital with feuding gangs. Met figures show a 14 per cent rise in gun
>>crime in London over four months during the summer.
>>
>>The weapons of choice for gangsters are the Russian-made 9mm Baikal
>>pistol which is smuggled into the UK from illegal factories in
>>Lithuania and the Mac-10 sub-machine pistol.
> 
> 
> Posted on uk.politic.guns for British comment if any? 

Well, yeah.
  Comment away.

Apparently, the more laws you subjects make to take and keep weapons 
away from the law abiding people, the higher the violent crime rates go 
up WITH those same weapons.