Comment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Kurt Vonnegut
Why isn't anyone mentioning that the globalist tyrants [<em>the middle part of this comment is a lengthy and turgid rant. It would turn any impressionable person off politics and onto conspiracy...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Chaz
Tighten gun licensing laws. All of the recent mass shootings, including the one on Sunday at the Sikh temple were done with legally (not illegally) purchased weapons. You won’t stop all cases, as we...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Ken
Facts and statistics are funny things, they can be used to make just about any point or push any agenda one wishes to push. Here are some facts that everyone should consider before deciding whether or...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Ken
Yes, I did say that; it was from a report in the Daily Telegraph which I provided a link to. Those were their figures not mine. If you have issues with the veracity, take it up with them, not me. What...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by James
States With Higher Levels of Gun Ownership Have Higher Homicide Rates http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/2007-releases/press01112007.html
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by James
“What you and Chaz seem to be arguing is that we need more gun control in the U.S. and you hold up the UK as a model. It is anything but a model with their violent crime rate.” You keep talking about...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Ken
True, but read the report: (a quote): “These results suggest that it is easier for potential homicide perpetrators to obtain a gun in states where guns are more prevalent. “Our findings suggest that in...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by James
Are you saying you agree with this? “These results suggest that it is easier for potential homicide perpetrators to obtain a gun in states where guns are more prevalent. “Our findings suggest that in...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Ken
Would you rather get stabbed, beaten, sexually assaulted or have your kid abused? All of these happen with more frequency in the UK than here. As I said above, which you obviously missed, even backing...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Ken
Yes, I might agree with this even though it is a flawed study that ignores the crime of theft and appears to be selective if you agree that 1. Banning private gun ownership never stopped thugs from...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by James
Actually the USA has far higher violence against children rates than the U.K. the rape rate is roughly same. I would much rather take my chances with somebody with a knife than with a gun. Especially...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Chaz
Very good points. Please use spell check and punctuation. You have sentences that are a whole paragraph long and quite a few spelling mistakes. I agree with everything you said, but it detracts from...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by James
The murder (not homicide) rate in the U.K. is much much lower than here in the USA. While it is true that most murders in the U.K. are committed with knives or blunt force instruments, it is not true...
View ArticleComment on I’ll walk 19 miles to avoid this inn by Anonymous
We have just returned from a riding trip across Wales where we were booked into the Star Inn and having two horses with us had no choice about staying anywhere else. On arriving at the Star all the...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Ken
Please show your source for FBI uniform crime rates. Mine came from this report from 2010 (latest available) and shows a violent crime rate for the U.S. of 403.6/100,000 as compared to Raleigh’s 578....
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by James
Did you read the report? http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/science-research-statistics/research-statistics/crime-research/hosb1011/hosb1011snr?view=Binary It completely disproves your claim of...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Ken
Yes I did read the report, and no, James, the claim was not mine, but the UK Daily Telegraph report in 2009 which is referenced above and which you obviously did not read. Here is a quote from the...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by James
Which failed to verify for accuracy because you don’t want the truth you want an echo chamber. There’s really no point us talking about this any further. I will never agree with you. I believe in facts...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Ken
it would seem you and Chaz are in the minority of those who believe the UK is a utopia comapred to the U.S. The UK gov’t, the European Union, the UN, EVERY news source in the UK and europe all agree...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by James
Violent crime isn’t murder. The USA has an astronomically high murder rate when compared to the rest of the first world (we already discussed which countries make up the 1st World) I don’t know why I...
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