Exactly. Its interesting to note the 'ethnic origin' of the gun crime in the UK. Its so bad that most major police forces here have specific 'black on black' crime units. Also contributing is that during the time period the OP refers to our borders with eastern European countries have opened. The former Warsaw Pact states still have millions of ex-Soviet firearms 'floating' around - as the Soviets and their allies simply abandoned them or sold them on the black market because during the collapse the soldiers were not getting paid.

Before you start spouting off your stupid American ideas take a proper look a the facts rather than just looking at a couple of graphs. You stupid prick.