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Wdtabor wrote:
Yes, it is. Strongarm robberies, home invasion robberies, assualt and battery, and stranger rape are far more common than here in the states. You'd better check those statistics again. Robbery and assault rates have been about the same, and the rate of rape is about 1/3 that of the US. There are variations by year, and whether you use police statistics or victim surveys. There are enough statistics on the subject on this site to choke a horse: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/htm...6/contents.htm More significantly, the US murder rate is about 8 times that of England. It therefore doesn't appear that having guns has been a significant factor in the occurrence of rape, assault, or robbery. By your argument, since the US has one of the highest per capita gun ownership rates in the world, there should be a huge difference, with the advantage to the US, which there isn't. In fact, the stats show that the rates of some serious crimes are far higher in the US than in England. The statistics don't prove the need for gun ownership to deter personal crimes such as robbery or rape, but show there isn't much effect either way. However, since the murder rate is 6 times as high in the US, and the chance of being murdered with a gun is ten times as high, it sure looks like the statistics suggest exactly the opposite of what you are trying to say about the benefit of guns. |
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