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Originally Posted by -p.tiddy-
we know that in the US overall ownership has gone up while crime goes down...
correlation =/= causation but I can see that the exact opposite happened in Great Britain...gun ownership went down while crime rate went up
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.... in the early 90s. The Violent Crime Rate in Britain has been declining for some time, despite the lack of armed citizens:
What's interesting is that for the same time period as the one you posted, the US violent crime rate was also increasing:
For reference, your (old) chart:
