Chris wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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chris wrote:
On May 28, 8:58 am, "Maxwell" wrote:
"Martin Hotze" wrote in message

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Maybe that's why our police don't kill people half as often - there's
almost no chance the guy behind the wheel has a gun, so no need to
shoot him if he comes at you???
It must suck to be in your country and be defenseless against criminals.

I have a better chance of winning the lottery than being killed by a gun
where I live. The UK had 58 deaths from guns in 2005/6, 25 from handguns in
a population of 60m.

Using this forum's normal measure of extrapolation based on population size
(usually done in respect of pilot certificates etc) we might expect the US
death rate to be about 5 times greater at about 290 deaths in the year.

But then with guns making everyone so safe perhaps that should reduce by
half the number of deaths to 185.

The US by contrast saw 29,569 people killed by gunfire in 2004, a staggering
81/day. (Source: Centre for Disease Control) (sic). Certainly a statistic to
be proud of?

With those odds perhaps everyone should be armed.

Go figure.

Yes, the US is a little higher than the UK, but not that far apart on
the world scale. And the UK is quite a bit higher that Switzerland
where I understand a rather large percentage of the population is armed.
Go figure.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...ers-per-capita


And this map shows the UK as 6th in the world overall in crime rates.
I'll admit to being surprised that the US isn't on this list.

http://www.mapsofworld.com/world-top...ime-rates.html


The US is on this list, but the UK is now 3rd in the world. So, tell me
again how great things are in the UK...

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cr...e-total-crimes


I lived and worked in the UK for several months. How long have you
lived and worked in the US? Personally, I found the UK a nice place to
visit, but I definitely wouldn't want to live there. Taxed to death,
regulated to death, etc. I guess once you become beaten down and used
to servitude, maybe folks stop resisting. The American ethic is simply
different in this regard.


Matt