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nugger
Joined: 03 Feb 2013
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Location: North Florida
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I did move lol, going back31 years I had my car stolen from outside my house, local guys had taken it, police found it & i got it back, next week 2am the wife you was due to have our first child woke me & said, they are trying to steal the car again. Threw some jeans on & ran outside bare foot, just as they were trying to start the car but couldn't. They started to free wheel in reverse as we lived on a hill, I ran down & pulled the door open, grabbed the driver out & the other guy ran off. The guy I had ended up unconscious & the police took him away. 2 years later he shot & killed a guy that came to his door threatening his sister but the guy he killed was a bad guy that had killed 2 people & even stole a body out of the hospital morgue & attempted to cut its head off to throw it thru some ones window! but he chickened out & dumped the body at the back of a working mens club, he was found out but the only thing they could charge him with was stealing a shroud. The point I am making is that there is bad people where ever you go, its just evened up over here cos not only does the bad people have guns but the good guys have em toooooooooooooooooo. |
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oldish chris
Joined: 14 Jun 2006
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Location: Comfortably Wet Southport
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but I really do wish that every American with a gun were to stay in America. |
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Treacodactyl
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| Posted: Wed Mar 27, 13 8:33 am Post subject: |
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What would I do?
Move. |
I gather there's something like 3 times more violent crime in the UK compared to the US though. Not something often highlighted by the press but it's not as straight forward as many believe. |
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Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford
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| Posted: Wed Mar 27, 13 8:51 am Post subject: |
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Theres violent crime where you get thumped, and violent crime where you get shot. |
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Treacodactyl
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It's more like there's violent crime where you get stabbed to death and violent crime where you're shot. I.e. not much difference. I agree though that the stats I've seen aren't that comparable but it's not really any safer in places in the UK compared to places in the US. |
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Nick
Joined: 02 Nov 2004
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Location: Hereford
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No. In the US violent crime is one of four specific offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
The British definition includes all “crimes against the person,” including simple assaults, all robberies, and all “sexual offenses". The stats compare apples and oranges.
Massive difference. |
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Treacodactyl
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Anyone compared like for like then? |
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nugger
Joined: 03 Feb 2013
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Location: North Florida
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bagpuss
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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Location: cambridge
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nugger
Joined: 03 Feb 2013
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Location: North Florida
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I am inclined to agree, I don't hear of many fist fights over here but only last week a friends grandson got hit in the face over a taxi outside a pub, which smashed his eye socket, came close to losing his sight. Another one I remember hearing about a female friend in a taxi line & got called a slag & when she answered back she ended up with a broken shoulder! Lots of pubs in Britain & drinking is a part of life which in turn leads to fights ect, just imagine if guns were allowed, yikes!! |
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carlos-thejackal
Joined: 20 May 2013
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Location: not there
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if guns took a larger part in social interactions in the UK say on a friday-saturday night. I would view it more as a post birth form of contraception.
which might not be a bad thing having just watched Skint on channel 4 |
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