I wouldn't want to ban guns because I hunt and therefor it would have a significant impact on me, however i would like to see a curb on gun crime in the US because it is out of control.
Thanks for your input Remington Girl..
but the poll was in the USA Today not the Scotsman!
Which reports much trouble at home...[8D]Guess if Guns aren't readilyavailable criminals will still find a way..
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LOUISE GRAY
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[/align][/align]ONE violent crime is committed every 37 minutes in Scotland as the country fails to tackle the "
blades menace".
[/align]The latest statistics show a slight increase in the number of crimes and offences overall last year to more than a million.
But while crimes of dishonesty and housebreaking fell to a record low, non-sexual crimes of violence were up by three per cent to 14,099 - or 39 violent crimes every day.
Kenny MacAskill, the justice secretary, blamed the "blades menace" and promised a further crackdown on knife culture.
But experts said it would take a generation to turn around "a country where violence is no longer regarded as an inevitable fact of life".
The rise in violent crime was first revealed earlier this summer following an investigation in The Scotsman that found an increase in the number of assault victims attending accident and emergency departments.
This has now been supported in the latest crime statistics which show that violent crime rose by three per cent last year.
The biggest increase was in serious offences such as murder and attempted murder, up by five per cent. Robbery was up by one per cent while other violent crimes remained stable.
The previous two administrations had tried to make headway in tackling Scotland's "booze and blades" culture, including a recent amnesty on knives. But levels have remained the same for the last decade.
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