Comment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by יצחק בּוזוף
(and Joseph you simply assert that they do without bothering to refer us to any evidence) For USA data, always consult the FBI UCR. The relevant table is #43...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by Michael
Why does this article compare 2009 in the US to 2011-12 in the UK. Can’t you even make the years match? It looks like you’re cherry picking the statistics to make your point.
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by Anonymous
This assumes that all 9 thousand killings would have happened if the killers did not have guns. Let us suppose you have a domestic dispute and since you have a gun, you use it out of convenience....
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by יצחק בּוזוף
It’s the difference in being a citizen versus a subject to a monarch. Our history is bloody. Our founding was bloody. It’s the downside of absolute liberty. That being said, the issue is keeping the...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by יצחק בּוזוף
Correction: “It is very reasonable to assume that the nearly 4100 murders where a criminal relationship exists would convert to non-firearm murders given the frequency that Americans like to kill each...
View ArticleComment on Palestine solidarity, Israel solidarity by יצחק בּוזוף
Until the Arabs give up the notion that Israel will “go away” and that elimination of Israel is a reasonable outcome, there is little point for the majority of Israelis to sit down with that sort. What...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by יצחק בּוזוף
They were using US Census data, which is compiled for 2010. Reasonable mistake — the FBI UCR data is annual and available for use.
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by Chazz
If you take out 2nd. World Countries (former countries of the Wasaw Pact) and 3rd. World Countries (now called devoping world) The high gun ownership countries have the highest murder rates. I am not...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon by m
I’d like to know why people from UK are so interested in American gun laws… see I thought America wasn’t answerable to the UK after 1776… hmmm… must be believing too many of the lies I was taught in...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by DR
I would never suggest the absence of rule of law. That was never my point. My main point was, criminals are criminals and don’t, by nature, obey or consider law or the consequences of breaking it. As...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by Joseph
Actually I never made a reference to race, that was John. And even if the murder rate is much higher in the African American community, that is still an American culture issue. The murder problem in...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by יצחק בּוזוף
Much violence is cultural. The US is highest in the world for “suicide-by-firearm” which would lead many to think we are one of the highest for suicide — however, the US is only 38th for rate of...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by Leslie Fish
How many of those American gun deaths were committed by police? –Leslie < Fish
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by Leslie Fish
Another curious fact: Britain has a population of about 53 million, and its 2011 number of violent crimes (muder, rape, assault, etc. combined) was 624,000. America has a population of about 311...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by יצחק בּוזוף
It has been well reported that the >rate< of violent crime in UK is around 2000 per 100,000 people whereas the rate of the same crime in the US is under 400 per 100,000 people (2011 figures)
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by Artemis
After reading all of the above comments I just wanted to share how wonderful it is to see thoughtful discussions with many supported facts looking at all of complex issues involved in America’s gun...
View ArticleComment on Contrasting views of conspiracy theories by snoopythegoon
Hm… Is resistance to “the dominant forms of rationality” the chief reason for birth of conspiracy theories? Leaving highbrow terminology aside for the learned, isn’t conspiracy-mongering a natural...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by newcentrist
Flesh: The FBI statistics and other government data show that African Americans commit violent crimes way out of proportion in relation to their percentage of the total population. I don’t doubt that...
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by fleshisgrass
Sorry Joseph, I corrected the mistake. And what you say here makes sense to me.
View ArticleComment on US and UK murder – rate and weapon (updated) by fleshisgrass
That’s very interesting about the white / black / Hispanic differences, New Centrist and Joseph. In that case (given we agree that race may be correlated with higher murder rates but doesn’t ever cause...
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