There has been a jump in the crime figures for violent crime, although according to the same figures provided by the Home Office the overall crime rate has remained steady and in some categories has fallen. A distinction between violent crime and other crimes is made within the UK. I would not describe it as a massive jump, but a problematic year on year increase and has been ongoing even prior to the changing of the concealed gun laws in 1996 when the Dunblane massacre occurred. There has been an attempt to massage the statistics regarding crime rates within the UK by the Government for political expediency. As I have already implied the violent crime rate does not correlate to gun ownership or lack there off within the UK. Gun crime is not really an issued when compared to the year or year rise in overall violent crime figures. The inequity that people feel throughout society whether it is in the UK or the US I believe is the major cause of violent crime. Perhaps Gun ownership in the US just amplifies these effects. Countries which have inclusive rather than exclusive societies have much lower rates of criminality. The inequities within UK society have matched the year on year increase in violent crime in the UK because UK governments has for the past few decades followed the US model of economic development. Within the UK, Scotland has a much more traditional PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. perspective than the rest of the UK. Of course, having a more PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. perspective on life does not make you less free, it just allows you feel less fear of the unknown.