The British experience with gun control is similar. As gun laws were gradually tightened, crime went up. British newspapers say that large numbers of high quality weapons are being smuggled in from Eastern Europe to meet the demand and criminals are better armed than at any time in the past. Analysts now say that the overall crime rate in Britain is roughly similar to the U.S. and still rising, while crime here is falling despite the annual purchase of millions of new guns by law abiding citizens. Australia has not benefited from its expensive and divisive gun confiscation.
Some observers say that crime has gone up.
Canada's new gun registry is mired in bureaucratic inefficiency and bedeviled by civil disobedience. Several provinces are battling the federal government over the issue in the Supreme Court. The dismal failure of gun control laws is quite logically explained by numerous scholars who have researched the question, including John Lott, Gary Kleck, Don Kates and David Kopel. They say that you can never effectively keep guns out of the hands of criminals, because it takes so few guns to meet their needs. That need will always be met by black markets and smuggling.