Jim Logajan wrote:

The U.K. has more crimes per capita than the U.S.!
And New Zealand has the second highest rate in the world!

Interesting. I have heard reports that crime rates have gone
up considerably in the UK since they have enacted a virtual
total gun ban.

This was not suprising, of coursem, since I am aware that
Washington DC has one of the highest crime rates of any
city in America and it has a total ban on firearms.