Steve James wrote:Hmm, how many is that this year? 30, 40?
there is a mass shooting – defined as four or more people shot in one incident – nearly every day
windwalker wrote:I wonder if its historically been this way or is it something that gets reported more.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/201 ... -full-data
seems its always been around.
The Study uses 4 as a starting point.there is a mass shooting – defined as four or more people shot in one incident – nearly every day
should be no shock to anyone living in areas of cities noted for gang activities.
Of course, from someone who thinks there is no such thing as police brutality
Tracking homicides in Chicago
216 killed in first half of 2015
windwalker wrote:I wonder if its historically been this way or is it something that gets reported more.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/201 ... -full-data
seems its always been around.
The Study uses 4 as a starting point.there is a mass shooting is defined as four or more people shot in one incident – nearly every day
should be no shock to anyone living in areas of cities noted for gang activities.
I should also make clear that violent crime rates are dependent on victims willingness to report crime, and to the authorities willingness to admit crimes. Obviously, England’s heavily edited crime stats compare favorably with Oz’ – but when you dig a while the truth becomes obvious.
With that said, the official standings stack up like this; with all numbers being per 100,000 population so they can be directly compared:
1.) Australia, 30,100
2.) New Zealand, 29,400
3.) United Kingdom, 26,400
4.) Netherlands, 25,200
5.) Sweden, 24,700
6.) Italy, 24,600
7.) Canada, 23,800
8.) St. Kitts and Nevis, 23,200
9.) Malta, 23,100
10.) Denmark, 23,000
United States? The FBI reports 1,246,248 violent crimes reported to the police, while the National Crime Survey pegs that number at 3,525 per 100,000 for almost 11,000,000 “violent crimes.” Which, given American prosecutors tendency to throw every charge in the book from Aardvark to Zyzygy at a perp seems reasonable.
Israel and Switzerland, where most adult males keep military-type guns at home, have low homicide rates, so easy access to guns cannot be the key factor in homicide. Some nations with strict anti-gun laws also have low homicide rates, but is this cause and effect? The low homicide rate in the United Kingdom holds for both gun and non-gun homicides; strict gun laws cannot account for a low rate of fatal beatings. Japan has harsh anti-gun and anti-crime laws and a low homicide rate, but Japanese-Americans, who live under our laws and have access to guns, also have a low homicide rate.
With gun restrictions making it harder to obtain private weapons in the UK, violent crimes involving guns have greatly decreased. The number of total violent crimes, however, is almost double that of the US. Of those crimes, only 19% even involve a weapon, and only 5% of those involve a firearm. That means that of you’re roughly 1/100 chance of being involved in a violent crime in Britain and Wales in any given year, you have roughly a 1/10,000 chance of being in a violent crime involving a gun.
In the US your chances of being involved in a violent crime are less than 1/250.
Alternately, in the US your chances of being involved in a violent crime are less than 1/250. Of those involved with violent crimes, however, you have greater than a 1/10,000 chance of being involved in a violent crime involving a gun. In a country with less than half the violent crime, you have a greater chance of being the victim of a violent crime involving a gun.
Here’s where gun control advocates would say that the proliferation of easily available and private firearms enable gun crimes. This is also where gun rights advocates would point to the much lower violent crime rate in a similarly governed and wealthy nation. In a way, they’re both right. Much as the US is both in line with other developed nations on violent crime, and an outlier–with several cities more dangerous than anywhere in Europe or Asia–violent crime in America is as sprawling as the opportunities to commit crime.
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