For more than two decades, gun crime in Britain has been in steady decline.
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Fewer shootings, fewer deaths is considered a policing success story but now, we can reveal that the homicide rate per injury is increasing because more powerful firearms are being smuggled into the country – according to the Metropolitan Police.
All this as the National Police Chiefs Council announced a new amnesty to get more guns off the streets.
Over two months, Channel 4 News has been given rare and exclusive access inside the Met’s specialist units that tackle homicide and gun crime.
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