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Skriven 2012-07-07 19:59:54 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
      Kommentar till text 8 av Roy Witt (1:387/22)
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Roy Witt wrote to Robert Bashe on Friday July 06 2012 at 07:07:

BF>>> But I *do* know that the US murder rate is many times higher than in
BF>>> most European countries. And yes, even per capita. Much more than
BF>>> ten times higher than in Scandinavia, for instance.

RB>> Unfortunately true,

RW> Untrue, as the statistics bears out the truth.

Well... to some extent, although you do stretch the point a bit with your
definition of European countries". Places like Estonia and Lithuania are not
exactly "most European countries".

And when you state the rate in the US as 5.2/100k and in Norway (a scandanavian
country) as 0.6/100k, that sure looks like "ten times higher" and even a bit
more to me.

As for the rates in Latin America and Africa, it's hard to compare those with
the situation in developed western countries, where most people don't settle
differences with an AK-47.

I stick with my comments on gun control, however. The more guns floating
around, the more they'll be used sooner or later. Strict gun control (and don't
make me laugh again by claiming gun control is strict in the States, since
there's simply no comparison with the restrictions in most EU countries) won't
totally prevent gun violence, but it does help reduce it.

Cheers, Bob

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