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<blockquote data-quote="Man in the Funny Hat" data-source="post: 3561819" data-attributes="member: 32740">And yet, a quick grab of statistics from the web...In the year ending June 2005, there were 10,979 firearm offences recorded in England and Wales (excluding offences involving air guns).&nbsp; This is a 6% increase from 2003/04 and continues the pattern of annual increases every year since 1997/98.&nbsp; Firearms were involved in 1,206 more serious incidents of violence against the person (other than homicide) in 2004/05 than in 2003/04.&nbsp; In less serious incidents of violence against the person, firearms were involved in 4,568 offences – a 31% increase from 2003/04.Firearms were used in 73 homicides in 2004/05 (under one in ten of all homicides), five more than the previous year.There were 2,659 firearm robberies in 2004/05 (4% of all robbery offences) – down 9% from 2003/04.412 firearm offences resulted in serious injury in 2004/05 – down 6% from 2003/04.* * * Note that this is not intended as a lead-in to debate of firearms law. * * *Very low percentages compared to, say, the US, but hardly placing guns and gun violence beyond the frame of reference of any Briton.It seems to me that magic is more dangerous because it is far more easily learned, obtained, and used/abused by the wizarding world, than comparable technology is in the muggle world.&nbsp; The wizarding world is also very much a world unto itself that concerns itself as little as possible with the muggle world, even actively avoids it for reasons of mere fictional license.&nbsp; It's that, and not a lack of reference that keeps guns out of the Potterverse and makes magic a greater threat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Man in the Funny Hat, post: 3561819, member: 32740"] And yet, a quick grab of statistics from the web... In the year ending June 2005, there were 10,979 firearm offences recorded in England and Wales (excluding offences involving air guns). This is a 6% increase from 2003/04 and continues the pattern of annual increases every year since 1997/98. Firearms were involved in 1,206 more serious incidents of violence against the person (other than homicide) in 2004/05 than in 2003/04. In less serious incidents of violence against the person, firearms were involved in 4,568 offences – a 31% increase from 2003/04. Firearms were used in 73 homicides in 2004/05 (under one in ten of all homicides), five more than the previous year. There were 2,659 firearm robberies in 2004/05 (4% of all robbery offences) – down 9% from 2003/04. 412 firearm offences resulted in serious injury in 2004/05 – down 6% from 2003/04. * * * Note that this is not intended as a lead-in to debate of firearms law. * * * Very low percentages compared to, say, the US, but hardly placing guns and gun violence beyond the frame of reference of any Briton. It seems to me that magic is more dangerous because it is far more easily learned, obtained, and used/abused by the wizarding world, than comparable technology is in the muggle world. The wizarding world is also very much a world unto itself that concerns itself as little as possible with the muggle world, even [I]actively[/I] avoids it for reasons of mere fictional license. It's that, and not a lack of reference that keeps guns out of the Potterverse and makes magic a greater threat. [/QUOTE]

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