BELLEVUE, Wash., – -(Ammoland.com)- The shocking report that London’s murder rate has surpassed the rate in New York City underscores the dirty little secret of gun control, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today, since most of the London slayings were stabbings.
“Over the past 19 days,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “there have been 15 London homicides, according to the Daily Mail. Last year, London recorded 80 fatal stabbings, which only proves that guns aren’t the problem, criminals are. And when violent criminals don’t have guns, they resort to other lethal weapons.”
Gottlieb noted that even in the United States, fatal stabbings outnumber murders with rifles and shotguns in any given year, according to the FBI Uniform Crime Report. This fact calls into question attempts to ban so-called “assault weapons” while nobody utters a peep about “knife control.”
“Our friends in the United Kingdom suffer under horribly restrictive gun laws, yet the murders in London reveal something anti-gunners everywhere refuse to acknowledge,” Gottlieb observed. “While the British have campaigned for people to turn in knives, it’s clear from the body count in their capitol city that their outlaws are just like American criminals. They do not obey the laws against guns, knives or murder and mayhem.
“And that,” he stressed, “is the dirty little secret of gun control. Criminals always find a way to violate the law.
“The time has come for authorities on both sides of the Atlantic to admit that their decades-old campaigns of citizen disarmament have created an environment where criminals thrive,” he added. “Sadly, the people responsible for these restrictions, which penalize honest citizens, are just too cowardly to admit their failures. Instead, they hide behind the empty promises of new restrictions which won’t work any better than the old restrictions, and that’s a problem in both countries.”
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.
Graham. the first hand information is very valuable ….
Thank-you for taking the time to share.
E. Bryan Hoover
I was born and raised in England, now a proud US Citizen living (happily) in a gun friendly state. From my experience growing up, I can assure there have always been many parts of the UK that are downright scary at night. I have been mugged twice in London, the second time I was saved by my friend, who pleaded with the assailants to “let me go” – him (being black) saved my life. Having left in 1991, we returned to England in 2007 and lived there for 5 years, we had to come back to the US – we… Read more »
Oldvet, again. a hyperlink to the specific article;
Frankly, you, Oldvet, are just playing games…
E. Bryan Hoover
Knife murders are up in London, as of 04/04/2008 — there are now more violent crime murders in London than New York City — when you take guns away from law abiding citizens — there are more murders by knives, murders by clubs and murders by illegal guns..
https://www.alloutdoor.com/2018/04/02/london-murders-exceed-new-york/
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Oldvet said, on April 6th, 2008,“@EBH…You sir are incorrect . As of 4/5/18 news comes out that death by gun violence is now higher in London than New York City .”
Oldvet, I am willing to be educated — where is the article from 4/5/2018 showing statistics of a more significant rise in gun caused deaths — if you can not — or will not – provide them — well talk is cheap…
E. Bryan Hoover
@Wild Bill I think he waived the white flag, at least we can hope so. It was getting very boring to listen to the crap he was spewing. It is apparent he wouldn’t do well in this country unless he focused on being with liberals. Yea, it is a little late for frost and it will shock several blooming plants. I think we had a low of 30. Have a good day.
Tom Webster writes, on Apri 7th, 2008: ‘Unfortunately EBH doesn’t actually READ the responses put to him …. The violent crime rate in London IS higher than New York for the first time in 200 years. This fact corresponds to un upward spike in London and a downward spike in New York. In 2016 there were 130 gun and knife caused homicides in London, 290 in New York. …” Tom Webster continues to confuse violent crime caused murders, with gun caused murders. Tom Webster continues to cite violent crime caused murders (statistics which Tom Webster continues to cite), with gun… Read more »
From USA Today, April 6th 2008, six people in London stabbed in 90 months ? No … 90 weeks ? No … 90 days ? No … 90 hours ? N0 … 90 minutes ? Yes, repeat YES … Gun control makes taking a knife to a gun fight a reasonable idea… https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/04/06/six-teenagers-stabbed-london-90-minutes/492382002/ London crime wave: Shock as six teenagers stabbed in 90 minutes LONDON — Shocked residents of the British capital called for an end to a surge in violence that now includes six teenagers stabbed in the space of 90 minutes. The incidents came days after London’s murder… Read more »
To: Tom Webster Gun control works for the criminal. It makes Illegal murder (the only kind there is) work better for criminals – murder by knife, murder by club, and murder by illegal gun. Gun control does not, repeat NOT, work for the law abiding citizen, nor does it work for society, UNLESS YOU BELIEVE IN A SOCIETY RUN BY THE STRONGEST AND MOST RUTHLESS. You, Tom Webster. cite no. repeat NO, statistics for gun crime — you cite only statistics for murder (including knife murders and club murders) and statistics for violent crime. You, Tom Webster, are not talking… Read more »
Tom Webster wrote: “Whilst I would love to believe this statement, unfortunately it is untrue. Gun crime is also up in London. Crime in general is up in London. The reality of UK gun crime statistics since the beginning of the 20th Century is that successive gun control activity has had no impact, plus or minus, on violent crime and homicides. If you study a graph of homicides against time you would not be able to identify when the first Firearms Act came into force” The facts you cite, SUPPORT MY POSITION (E. Bryan Hoover’s position), not, repeat NOT, your… Read more »