Tougher gun-control laws - Brickbats - British murders increase - Brief Article

Reason, April, 2002 by Charles Oliver

> Since the British passed tougher gun-control laws in 1997, the murder rate for victims killed with guns has soared, and police officials say the number of illegal handguns grows daily. How have the nation's conservatives reacted? Oliver Letwin, the shadow home secretary, didn't have any kind words for self-defense: "One doesn't want to create a society in which people are liable to be mown down if they enter a property."

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