Did UK Gun Control Reduce Crime?

In the latest AMA, Darth Vega asked whether or not gun control meant fewer gun deaths in the UK. This is the best data I could find, since the UK government has decided to make finding it as difficult as possible!

UK murder rate, 1898-2002 https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/116649/rec-crime-1898-2002.xls

A Brief History of British Gun Control, (or, How to Disarm the Law Abiding Populace by Stealth), by P.A. Luty https://ncc-1776.org/tle2010/tle558-20100221-07.html

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