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originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: ScepticScot
Its less a legal problem than an interpersonal and coping skill problem.
My son believes its a school problem and schools will have to solve it. Hes a teacher for students with behavoiral problems in San Antonio. The bad kids that get kicked out of class. I was a bit surprised by the viewpoint.
originally posted by: Cabin
I decided to make a small research to find out, what is the homicide rate in different countries, when gun crime is not taken into account.
I took two articles in Wikipedia to make the comparison. 'I decided to take into account largest nations in Europe and Nordic nations.
en.wikipedia.org...
en.wikipedia.org...
From the first article, I took only homicides into account leaving out suicides, unintentional, undetermined.
From the second article I took into account the intentional homicide part.
Then I made a comparison between those two, comparing the difference of intentional homicides made with guns and total homicides. The results can be seen in the following table.
What is surprising for me is the fact, that the homicide rate with other weapons of choice is still higher in the US compared to other advanced nations (except France). Homicides with firearms make up nearly 75% of total US homicide rate, which is over 3 times higher than in other advanced nations, although even without it, the murder rate with other weapons is still higher compared to other nations.
What causes such high murder rates in the United States, even when gun crime is not taken into account? What is the cause behind such a high violence?
originally posted by: DanteGaland
a reply to: watchitburn
Ever been to ALABAMA....?
www.newsweek.com...
*grumbling* Or Mississippi ...
originally posted by: DanteGaland
a reply to: watchitburn
Ever been to ALABAMA....?
www.newsweek.com...
*grumbling* Or Mississippi ...
that's racist.
originally posted by: jjkenobi
originally posted by: Cabin
I decided to make a small research to find out, what is the homicide rate in different countries, when gun crime is not taken into account.
I took two articles in Wikipedia to make the comparison. 'I decided to take into account largest nations in Europe and Nordic nations.
en.wikipedia.org...
en.wikipedia.org...
From the first article, I took only homicides into account leaving out suicides, unintentional, undetermined.
From the second article I took into account the intentional homicide part.
Then I made a comparison between those two, comparing the difference of intentional homicides made with guns and total homicides. The results can be seen in the following table.
What is surprising for me is the fact, that the homicide rate with other weapons of choice is still higher in the US compared to other advanced nations (except France). Homicides with firearms make up nearly 75% of total US homicide rate, which is over 3 times higher than in other advanced nations, although even without it, the murder rate with other weapons is still higher compared to other nations.
What causes such high murder rates in the United States, even when gun crime is not taken into account? What is the cause behind such a high violence?
It won't be politically correct, but you have to factor in race when looking at crime statistics. Then start asking the "Why's".
originally posted by: PraetorianAZ
Now exclude the homicide rates for Chicago, DC, Baltimore, and New Orleans and we are in the bottom 5 in the world.
Just these 4 cities throw off the numbers for our entire country.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: ScepticScot
Its not true. If you add up the top murder cities in the US it lowers our rate from 4.88 to 4.01, placing us between Burundi and Lebanon per capita.
originally posted by: Cabin
What causes such high murder rates in the United States, even when gun crime is not taken into account? What is the cause behind such a high violence?