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Originally Posted by Despare
Uhhhh ok, but you're just looking at guns.
CRIME PER CAPITA
# 1 Dominica: 113.822 per 1,000 people
# 2 New Zealand: 105.881 per 1,000 people
# 3 Finland: 101.526 per 1,000 people
# 4 Denmark: 92.8277 per 1,000 people
# 5 Chile: 88.226 per 1,000 people
# 6 United Kingdom: 85.5517 per 1,000 people
# 7 Montserrat: 80.3982 per 1,000 people
# 8 United States: 80.0645 per 1,000 people
# 9 Netherlands: 79.5779 per 1,000 people
# 10 South Africa: 77.1862 per 1,000 people
# 11 Germany: 75.9996 per 1,000 people
# 12 Canada: 75.4921 per 1,000 people
WHAT!? More crime in the UK!? Heavens to betsy...
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Of course I was looking at guns; that's what we were discussing.
Murder rate by firearms per capita:
USA - 0.0279271 per 1,000 people (#8)
Canada - 0.00502972 per 1,000 people (#20)
UK - 0.00102579 per 1,000 people (#32)
The Brits do seem to be pretty violent, so I hate to think what their murder rate would be if you armed them. The Canadians, however, seem to be considerably less violent. Gun ownership is legal and very common, and yet their murder by firearms rate is significantly lower. That's what I meant about our country being a violent one.