Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Ah England

Five teens a day shot or knifed in London
http://mglv.blogspot.com/
The statistics obtained by the Evening Standard show that in the eight-month period:
• A total of 321 children were injured in shootings, 39 of them seriously.
• Eighty-eight children were shot in armed muggings and two were injured in gunpoint rapes.
• A total of 952 children were stabbed, 188 of them seriously.
• Some 288 children were hurt in knifepoint robberies and 10 were stabbed in rapes.

From Comments:
Crime going down? How stupid do they think we are? Try reporting a crime at a police station and watch the trained receptionist try and talk you out of it.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23432616-details/Five+teens+a+day+shot+or+knifed+in+London/article.do

Hat tip to the Gun Debate critic

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