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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
off topic - widespead gun ownership should not be portrayed as the only means of self defense against sexual attack. In the UK where no one is armed, do you suspect we have a far higher incidence of cases of molestation?
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How gracious of them to make that decision for others. It will be very comforting to them when their turn comes.
As to US/UK comparisons....
http://www.unicri.it/wwd/analysis/ic...2000i/app4.pdf
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http://www.unicri.it/wwd/analysis/icvs/data.php
Oh my... what is this we see? ... Crime in the England is increasing.... Crime in the US is decreasing. Or maybe the US citizens polled were just liars. I am really looking forward to the 2005 results.
The home office deliberately under reports crime and massages statistics in PR. Reality is always so much more interesting then anecdotal evidence. Shall we believe the victims or the police? Do we no longer trust the UN to sponsor legitimate research?
I dunno, it's all kind of pointless when your dealing with a school of thought that refuses to empower people to solve their own problems because it believes them incapable.
"Why if I carry again I'm more likely to shoot myself or my family or have it taken away from me!!!111111!1!!"
Funny thing about that... if you stop looking at anecdotal evidence you will find it just isn't true. But that's enough from me. My goal is incite people to do their own research and convince them not rely on preprocessed crap they read in a forum or newspaper or saw on TV.