# Have Great Britain's restrictive gun laws contributed to the rise in violent crime?

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**Created:** [July 1, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-great-britains-restrictive-gun-laws-contributed-to-the-rise-in-violent-crime/310661 "2005-07-01T07:41:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![nagendra\_pratap\_singh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9d8465/32.png) [@nagendra\_pratap\_singh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nagendra_pratap_singh)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-great-britains-restrictive-gun-laws-contributed-to-the-rise-in-violent-crime/310661/1 "2005-07-01T07:41:54Z")

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There have been such a case in New Zealand, which is a pretty much agriculture based country. There have been several cases where police took 51 minutes to turn up and so on. farm thefts are rampant

[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10120194](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10120194) ( A farmer had to sell his land to fight a case when he shot at thieves on his remote farm)

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[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10127488](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10127488)

It seems that the British were debating whether to change the law as well

[http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3878867](http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3878867)

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-great-britains-restrictive-gun-laws-contributed-to-the-rise-in-violent-crime/310661/2 "2005-07-01T11:30:25Z")

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