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the-pi-guy said:
o_O.Q said:

cherry picking? you do understand what you're looking at right?

the entire point of the article is that despite there being gun control the rate of violent crime in the uk has been on a steady increase and that is has been above that of the united states for decades now 

 

Yes, this is cherry picking.  This graph is about white crime.  This is the next chart:

 

you are right that was my mistake

i skimmed this and didn't take the adjustments into consideration

 

regardless it is a fact that the UK has a higher rate of violent crime

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-25671/Violent-crime-worse-Britain-US.html

and its increasing : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/apr/27/violent-rising-england-wales-police-figures-ons