England

England has long been the poster child of the gun control advocates here in America. They constantly say "we need to do here in America what they have done in England." England registered all guns and then proceeded to confiscate all guns. Gun control advocates believe that crime will decrease if law-abiding citizens are disarmed. England however, the very nation they love to parade around as a model, has proved them wrong.

The January 16th, 2000, issue of the British newspaper, The Sunday Times, ran a story entitled "Killings rise as 3 million illegal guns flood Britain." The text reads "Anti-gun campaigners hoped the handgun ban after Dunblane - where Thomas Hamilton shot dead 16 children and a teacher - would reduce firearm crime. The latest figures, however, show crime involving weapons is on the increase." Things are so bad that another British newspaper, The Guardian, called the city of Manchester ‘Gunchester.’ The U.S. Department of Justice has even released figures which show that robbery, assault, and burglary rates are higher in England than they are in the United States.

Read the British newspapers and the Department of Justice report for yourself!

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