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Estimates are close to 300 serial killer's active at anytime in North America .the uk leads america 3x when non gun violence is figured in but it could have to do with 688 people per square mile to america's 60-80 psm
MOMof3
The criminals in England are table doilies compared to the criminals in the US. You're darn right, you had better go out anywhere in the US with your eyes, ears, and all senses wide open. I saw a documentary that the FBI has no idea how many serial killers travel the freeways seeking their prey, but it is a lot.
CJCrawley
In America it's a chain reaction of fear.
You don't know who's packin'.
You've got to unlove guns and stop playing cowboys and Indians.
Estimates are close to 300 serial killer's active at anytime in North America
Maxatoria
reply to post by cavtrooper7
for some reason that reminded me of Doug Stanhope and the difference in violence between the Brits and Americans
CJCrawley
reply to post by 999zxcv
Estimates are close to 300 serial killer's active at anytime in North America
It's simply because it's so easy to get away with it over there.
I recall that Ted Bundy state-hopped to avoid detection.
Just work on bettering the detection rate.
Simple really.
The Government's latest crime figures were condemned as "truly terrible" by the Tories today as it emerged that gun crime in England and Wales soared by 35% last year.
Criminals used handguns in 46% more offences, Home Office statistics revealed. Firearms were used in 9,974 recorded crimes in the 12 months to last April, up from 7,362. It was the fourth consecutive year to see a rise and there were more than 2,200 more gun crimes last year than the previous peak in 1993.
Figures showed the number of crimes involving handguns had more than doubled since the post-Dunblane massacre ban on the weapons, from 2,636 in 1997-1998 to 5,871.
Unadjusted figures showed overall recorded crime in the 12 months to last September rose 9.3%, but the Home Office stressed that new procedures had skewed the figures.
Shadow home secretary Oliver Letwin said: "These figures are truly terrible.
"Despite the street crime initiative, robbery is massively up.
So are gun-related crimes, domestic burglary, retail burglary, and drug offenses.
"The only word for this is failure: the Government's response of knee-jerk reactions, gimmicks and initiatives is not working and confused signals on sentences for burglary will not help either.
"The figures will continue to be dreadful until the Government produces a coherent long term strategy to attack crime at its roots and get police visibly back on our streets."
Gun crime would not be cracked until gangs were broken up and the streets "reclaimed for the honest citizen by proper neighborhood policing", he added.
Painterz
reply to post by abe froman
It's the guns issue I think. British police (with a few exceptions) are not armed, therefore our criminal classes have never felt the need to carry firearms either.
Arm the police, the criminals would start carrying more guns, we'd start to see a lot more shootings.
ObservingYou
The Brits are quite fond of having a scrap with the police..