Sentences with phrase «number of gun crimes»

«They must ensure there are sufficient numbers of authorised firearms officers to call upon, to deal with the increasing number of gun crimes reported each year and I urge the new home secretary to hold chief officers to account on this.»

Today's research was released at the start of the Police Federation's annual conference, and chairwoman Jan Berry said they revealed the need for more firearms officers to deal with the increasing number of gun crimes reported each year.

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The tax agency's crime - fighting wing has about 2,000 agents — accountants with a badge and a gun — and counts a growing number of cryptocurrency experts in its ranks.

Mainline Democrats in the state Senate on Tuesday plan to push a package of gun control measures they say are needed given the Republican control of the White House and Congress — placing new restrictions on those convicted of hate crimes and limiting the number of guns a person can purchase in a month.

The number of firearms officers has increased in recent years, rising from 5,763 in 2002 - 03 to 6,243 last year, but gun crime is also on the rise, with the latest Home Office figures showing an increase of six per cent on the previous year.

«The governor's sense that the tragedies of Newtown, Aurora, Virginia Tech et cetera will continue unless we find a way to make the issue crime control rather than gun control — namely, keeping the weapons that kill savagely in large numbers out of of the hands of criminals and the mentally deranged,» Gyory said.

But hey since the average time to crime rate per the ATF in the US is 14 years, the number of felons buying their firearms from licensed dealers continues to fall 1994 14 % to 2008 5.96 %, and the poster child of all gun control laws is enforced less than 1 % of the time, alowing all but 13,024 felons out of just under 1 million of those rejected to go free and acquire their firearms from an unlicensed source is such startling evidence of how INEFFECTIVE our legal system is.

However, after a wave of violent gun and knife crime in London, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn united with London Mayor Sadiq Khan accused the Tories of «reckless failure» by cutting police numbers and slashing funds for local services.

The researchers also analyzed studies exploring the effects of an amendment of the Gun Control Act of 1968 and the add - on sentencing laws adopted by a number of states during the 1970s and 1980s, which added prison time to crimes committed with a gun rather than a less lethal weapon.

There's a scintillating car chase around Boston, all shotguns, tommy - guns and squealing tyres, like an update of any number of George Raft or Jimmy Cagney crime classics, and a climactic clash between rival gangs in a Florida mansion which has more than a hint of Al Pacino's Scarface about it.

Although the UK does not have the same gun laws as the USA, it still has high numbers of knife crime and assaults, meaning students and staff are still at risk of an attack from dangerous individuals.

The report looks at gun laws in a number of broad areas: classes of weapons, restrictions on sales and transfers, gun dealers, gun ownership, consumer and child safety, and crime detection (ballistic identification, retention of sales records, background checks).

By analyzing a number of Washington databases, The New York Times identified scores of gun - related crimes committed by people subject to recently issued civil protection orders, including murder, attempted murder and kidnapping.

Focused on a number of priorities, including reducing violent crime and gun violence; fostering community engagement; police recruitment; training and integrity; and the use of technology to enhance efficiency and effectiveness with budget challenges.

The bank advertising byline used a number of years ago doesn't begin to cover doing business today: «the world, she is a-changing...» It is only in very recent times that our highlighted news on any given Toronto GTA day reports areas of gun shots, driveby murders, and street crimes in our own residential working areas, often in broad daylight.