Firing Back: U.K. Proof of How Gun Control Doesn’t Stop Crime

Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s I was told how in the United Kingdom the police (The Bobbies) didn’t carry guns, and how crime wasn’t a problem. Over the years the U.K. has served as an example from the anti-firearms crowd on how crime was low, and gun violence was something that never happened. First things first. This was a misconception. The U.K. always had violence.

And while the concept of being at war with terrorism is only really less than a decade old in the United States, in the United Kingdom it has been part of normal life for decades. But now even gun crime, as well as other violent crime, is way up in the U.K. The Daily Mail reports:

“Gun crime is up by more than half and there are more than 100 serious knife crimes each day, with fatal stabbings having reached the highest level on record.”

The point is that crime doesn’t go away when guns are taken from law abiding citizens. Criminals will always find a way to hurt the innocent, and the innocent should have a chance to fire back and defend themselves.