That ignores so many other socioeconomic factors. DC has a lot of crime in general compared to most places. I would expect it to have more gun crime anyway.InnerPhyre said:
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That ignores so many other socioeconomic factors. DC has a lot of crime in general compared to most places. I would expect it to have more gun crime anyway.InnerPhyre said:I used to live in Washington DC. It has the highest murder rate and the strictest gun control laws in the US. All the criminals have guns and the average citizens have no way of defending themselves.
But you cannot compare New Jersey with it's demographics to Wyoming. Thats ridiculous.Stat101 said:The Brady campaign ranks states based on gun laws, with A being the most strict and F being the most gun friendly. Funny how the states with the most stringent laws have the highest murder rates.
So why is the US a murder haven compared to Western Europe and Australia and Japan. Similar socioeconomics, urbanisation etc. Heck look at Canada. You cannot you crossed the border for the most part but the murder levels are way less. Compare Philadelphia with Toronto, similar sized cities. I bet Philadelphia has a much higher murder rate.Stat101 said:His point was gun control has no effect on crime
Zackmeister said:According to the UN, Britain has the highest violent crime rate of industrialized nations as of 2000.
Bad shots maybe?Tachocline said:So why is the murder rate way less than the US. .
Stat101 said:Funny how after they outlawed guns, violent crime went up over 200 percent. They are higher than the US in every almost every category of violent crime ( per capita) except murder. I bet they catch us on that on eventually. Over there you can't even defend yourself, I'm so glad I live in the US.
LOL. They don't have the guns, silly. Just live with it, you have easy gun access but it makes the country a haven for murder, What a testament.Stat101 said:Bad shots maybe?
Prove it.Tachocline said:It's guns that enhance this rate.
This is why some people should not be allowed to post with adults.Zackmeister said:Could be because the US has 5 times the population of Britain.
I stand corrected. Doesn't mean I agree with you though.Tachocline said:This is why some people should not be allowed to post with adults.
Even my opposite here Stat101 will tell you why your post is so silly.
We are talking rates. Do you understand what a rate is? What a percentage is?
Geez. Some people.
Oh come on Stat101. I expect better from you. Of course not but guns are easier to kill with. You can stab a person 3 times and probably not kill them. You might but there is a good chance you wont. Shoot them 3 times and you probably have a good chance of killing them. Bullets travelling at 800mph do more damge on average than a 4inch knife would. Both unpleasant but I'll take my knife wound chances anyday over the .357 slug. And so would you.Stat101 said:I guess a gun is the only thing you can kill someone with, right?
Sorry, but I was waiting for the first person to chime in with that.Zackmeister said:I stand corrected. Doesn't mean I agree with you though.
Probably not quite but closer than you think.Stat101 said:People will kill with whatever is handy, and they don't have near the drug problems in the European counties as they do here.
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