10-27-2008, 06:53 PM
F.U. Dont ask again Wrote:Its a good thing guns are banned there in the U. K. . [color="#800080"]http://current.com/items/89076677_14_000_knife_victims_each_year_in_uk[/color]Fatal stabbings in England and wales for the years shown.
1994 - 231
1995 - 243
1996 - 197
1997 - 200
1997⁄8 - 202
1998⁄9 - 20 <--This figure seems too low to me and could be wrong.
1999⁄00 - 212
2000⁄01 - 214
2001/02- 261
2002⁄03 - 266
2003⁄04 - 234
2004⁄05 - 236
That is still peanuts compared to over 10,000 gun related deaths in the US each year.
Unfortunately I couldn't find and stats on US knife crime, though I suspect they are also far in excess for those in the UK based on population sizes.