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42 Deaths As Use Of Handguns Hits Seven-year High=20
From Ananova=20
Thursday January 11, 2001 2:27 am=20


Use of handguns in crime in England and Wales reached its highest level =
for seven years in 1999-2000.=20

This is in spite of the ban on private ownership of the weapons =
introduced in the wake of the Dunblane massacre.=20

There were 42 people killed with handguns during the period - more than =
in any other year in the 1990s.=20

Some 3,685 crimes involving handguns were recorded in 1999-2000, =
including 42 homicides, 310 cases of attempted murder, 2,561 robberies =
and 204 burglaries, the Home Office revealed.=20

The total was more than one-third (37%) up on the previous year, and the =
highest level since the Dunblane tragedy in March 1996, when 16 children =
and a teacher died.=20

The details were released in a parliamentary written answer by Home =
Office Minister Lord Bassam of Brighton.=20

A ban on all private ownership of handguns became law in November 1997, =
but handgun offences have risen each year since then.=20

Levels of handgun offences were higher in 1992 and 1993, at 3,997 and =
4,202 respectively, but in each year there were fewer homicides than in =
1999-2000.=20

The higher figures then were down to a far greater incidence of =
robberies using handguns, which reached a peak of 3,605 in 1993 before =
falling every year until 1999-2000, when they jumped from 1,814 to =
2,561.=20





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2001 <B>2:27 am</B></FONT>=20
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<P>Use of handguns in crime in England and Wales reached its highest =
level for=20
seven years in 1999-2000.=20
<P>This is in spite of the ban on private ownership of the weapons =
introduced in=20
the wake of the Dunblane massacre.=20
<P>There were 42 people killed with handguns during the period - more =
than in=20
any other year in the 1990s.=20
<P>Some 3,685 crimes involving handguns were recorded in 1999-2000, =
including 42=20
homicides, 310 cases of attempted murder, 2,561 robberies and 204 =
burglaries,=20
the Home Office revealed.=20
<P>The total was more than one-third (37%) up on the previous year, and =
the=20
highest level since the Dunblane tragedy in March 1996, when 16 children =
and a=20
teacher died.=20
<P>The details were released in a parliamentary written answer by Home =
Office=20
Minister Lord Bassam of Brighton.=20
<P>A ban on all private ownership of handguns became law in November =
1997, but=20
handgun offences have risen each year since then.=20
<P>Levels of handgun offences were higher in 1992 and 1993, at 3,997 and =
4,202=20
respectively, but in each year there were fewer homicides than in =
1999-2000.=20
<P>The higher figures then were down to a far greater incidence of =
robberies=20
using handguns, which reached a peak of 3,605 in 1993 before falling =
every year=20
until 1999-2000, when they jumped from 1,814 to 2,561. <BR></P>
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