[lit-ideas] Re: Didn't I tell you so?

At 10:28 AM 5/31/2006, you wrote:
"Assault deaths"??? I haven't run across that category. But I am familiar with the "violent crime" category in which you in Britain and our compatriots down under both surpass the U.S. <http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21902>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21902


I'd still rather be a victim of a violent crime than of murder any day. What is, with a knife or fists, a violent, but often survivable assault, turns into a murder when guns are readily available and accepted as part of society. The city of Detroit alone had about 384 murders and the WHOLE of Canada had 548. Canada has 31.5 million people, Detroit, 893,000. So, why is Detroit's murder rate 25 times higher?... what's the explanation? Why are there so many murders in the US? The violent crime statistics are basically similar, but why so many goddamned murders? There's only one explanation and it's spelled g u n.

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