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Originally posted by sacX
I was just pointing out that the US doesn't have particularly high homicde rates.. it is when you separate out how people kill each other that the "gun homicide" rate is enormous when compared to similar countries.
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The USA has an exceptionally high homicide rate.
The rest of the civilized world finds it pretty crazy,
that such a rich country can't get crime under control.
I know GFY'rs hate clicking on links,
but for the purposes of debate you've
really got to check out the stats here:
pretty graph
(great site.. can compare countries in all sorts of categorys)
this is purely per-capita. murders per 1000 people.
guns, knives, pointy-sticks, whatever... total.