According to some sources, gun crime went up after the ban: http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/gun-crime http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/gun-crime "Despi

According to some sources, gun crime went up after the ban: http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/gun-crime http://www.politics.co.uk/reference/gun-crime "Despite the handguns ban imposed under the 1997 Firearms Amendment, research carried out following the implementation of the Act saw a 40 per cent increase in the number of gun crime incidents in the UK."