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"In areas dominated by gang culture, we're now seeing guns used to settle scores between rivals as well as turf wars between rival drug dealers. We need to redouble our efforts to deal with the challenge."
There were 9,865 firearm offences in 2007/08, a rise of 89 per cent on the 5,209 recorded in 1998/99.
Lancashire Police saw a 598 per cent increase from just 50 to 349 over the period while Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Essex all saw five fold increases
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/6438601/Gun-crime-doubles-in-a-decade.html
The 3,306 firearm offences recorded in London in 2009 compare to 2,224 in the previous year.
A Met spokesman said: "The increase in gun crime continues to be a matter of grave concern and the subject of extensive and significant operational activity."
The force has developed a number of "action plans" to address the problem, including targeting criminals who try to take guns into nightclubs.
There were 2,646 rapes and 1,319 homophobic crimes in London during 2009, rises of 24.2% and 26.9% respectively.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8473029.stm
Where is your defense about English gun crime now Top?