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To tell you the truth, I was shocked by this.



Well at least we agree on that, Bob.
I was shocked by this article too!

With respect, Bob (and Bob). That blog article appears to be a waste of good server space.

“This is a country that has completely disarmed its populace”
No it hasn’t. The populace was never armed in the first place

“Crime in the UK is exploding at an alarming rate.”
No it isn’t. It’s declining.

“All police recorded crime down 5% to 4.7 million crimes” (Crime in England and Wales 2008-2009 compared to 2007-2008)

Source UK Government

The Daily Mail table comparing crime rates across 10 different countries uses 3 different data sources.
Is each survey measuring the same thing? Highly unlikely.

It’s difficult for us to get the message across to you, but the Daily Mail is simply not a reliable source of information on anything. It is sensationalist, anecdotal and reader hungry.

Your source:
A private blog written – as it happens – by an American:

My source: one of the world's most respected and fiercelyindependent news magazines quoting government provided statistics.

For further reading, this is a summary of the latest Home Office crime report

So having more guns makes the people safer?
Not according to the intentional homicide rate figures, prepared (not I’m sorry to say by the Daily Mail!) but by the Global Burden of Armed Violence Report undertaken as part of the Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development.

The comparative figures which interest us are as follows (homicides per 100,000 population)
USA: 5.4
Northern Ireland: 2.5
Scotland: 2.1
England and Wales: 1.4
and, specially for John,
Canada: 1.8

Last edited by mglinert; 03/11/10 06:58 AM.
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