With gun crime rising in Britain, the Labor Party is taking heat:
Labour has been accused of losing control of gun crime as new figures show a sharp rise in armed robberies.Guns were used in 4,120 robberies last year - a 10% jump - including a 9% rise to 1,439 in the number of street robberies where guns were used.
There was also a rapid and unexplained increase in the number of times householders were confronted in their own homes by armed criminals. Residential firearms robberies show a 46% leap, a record 645 cases in England and Wales - up 204 on the previous year and four times the level recorded in 2000-01.
"This can't possibly be true. After all, guns are illegal in Britain!"Posted by dan at January 27, 2007 4:31 PM