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Gun crime has increased in recent years, including a near doubling of handgun offences since 1996, the year of the Dunblane massacre.
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Gun crime has increased in recent years, including a near doubling of handgun offences since 1996, the year of the Dunblane massacre. In 2001-02, there were some 22,300 firearms offences, a rise of almost a third on the previous year. The number of people killed by firearms was 23. But while it may appear to be rife, it is generally confined to a large number of incidents perpetrated by a small number people in very small areas. While this is of no comfort to those who may have witnessed gun crime on their own streets, those most likely to be victims are young men. All the evidence suggests that gun crime is not the problem but a symptom of a huge and well established drugs economy. The growth of gun crime in London has come with the rise in crack cocaine. The worst of the crack dealing takes place in...
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