New Gun laws for US ?

[Bruv]

Originally Posted by hoppy

Crime in the UK should be more easily controlled than it is in the USA. Who do you share orders with? Our southern border with Mexico may as well be wide open. And we have no control over who gets into Canada.

Are you saying most crime in the States is imported ?

[hoppy]

[quote=Bruv;1253697]Are you saying most crime in the States is imported ?[/QUOTE

No. It sneaks in with the illegals. Duh!.

[Bruv]

Funny that.....we have the same problem in the UK.
Everything would be hunky dory if it were not for a few *cough* foreigners amongst us.

[spot]

As far as "who do we share borders with", the entire population of the EU can travel into the UK without a passport. That's 26 other countries.

As far as Raven's "In 2005 there were reported 37 GUN crimes per 10,000 of population", my figures were for fatalities. Yours are for production of a weapon during a crime and of those, 70% are imitation weapons or air pistols. They're rarely discharged. I think both our numbers are compatible.

[hoppy]

Originally Posted by Bruv

Funny that.....we have the same problem in the UK.
Everything would be hunky dory if it were not for a few *cough* foreigners amongst us.

At one time I read that when the USSR collapsed, what is now the Czech republic, found it's borders being overrun with all sorts of characters committing all manner of crimes. The Czech's made permits to carry available to it's law abiding citizens to counter this crime wave. I don't know what their stance is now.
The USA reacts to increased crime by making firearms harder to obtain by those most needing them. Dammit, I want to be just as well armed as the dirt bags are. They can go see their cousin, who knows a guy who has a brother who can get them a full auto weapon for a sum of money. I would have to fork over tons of money and wade through piles of paperwork to MAYBE get one. Just ain't fair.