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Once you get beyond the early Renaissance, and skip lightly over various wars of religion and civil wars and begin the modern era, England never had murder levels comparable to the US even when they had very little gun control. Comparing the two isn't really useful.
Looking at gun deaths before ban and after ban is useful, but really the best measures are looking at overall homicides by all means, and overall violent crime. These tell the tale without cherry picking.
But, as has been noted, the Home Office massages the official figures and thus solid data is lacking. In all probability though the real figures are higher than the official ones, as Home Office would have a vested interest in minimizing the issue.
In short there's no real evidence that strict gun control has done anything to make England less violent. Possibly, arguably even the opposite, but without accurate data it is hard to say.
Looking at gun deaths before ban and after ban is useful, but really the best measures are looking at overall homicides by all means, and overall violent crime. These tell the tale without cherry picking.
But, as has been noted, the Home Office massages the official figures and thus solid data is lacking. In all probability though the real figures are higher than the official ones, as Home Office would have a vested interest in minimizing the issue.
In short there's no real evidence that strict gun control has done anything to make England less violent. Possibly, arguably even the opposite, but without accurate data it is hard to say.