07-02-2015, 02:55 PM
(07-02-2015, 02:44 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Funny that no one has mentioned that the murder rate in the United States (4.7 per 100K) is almost 5 times higher than in the UK (1 per 100K).
Even if violent crimes occur at a higher rate in the UK than in the US they don't end up in death as often because they don't usually involve guns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Right, it's deceptive stat shifting. It's like the US wanting to make welfare rates "go down" so they shifted more people into "disability" so they can trumpet the successes in a relative sense. The fact that a violent crime can mean a bop on the nose to a limey and having a shotgun unloaded into you to a yank illustrates the difference.
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