I'm not sure we keep statistics on airguns - I'd be interested if we did because I know two people that own an airgun (paintball) but I know a LOT of people that own a handgun. Richmond, VA had 35 homicides due to handguns and has a population of 100,000 (compared to Englands 57.7 million).


>What you doing with your colonial nose in tghe proceedings of our parliament? :-)
>Just shows what an open society we in the democratic west live in.
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>It's interesting that there were more due to air guns than FAs. I expect the totals for the whole country, for the year, are less than in for some single US cities?
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>>Minor compared to other countries (I think. I guess a look at population/metropolitan size/etc would have to be considered) but it appears by looking at the tables at the bottom of the article that there were quite a few injuries and even deaths caused by handguns in England in 2004:
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>>http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/cm050407/text/50407w69.htm
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>>I would consider this all minor except that most are under the impression that there are no guns in England when in fact there are.
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