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Originally Posted by imthaman
That can't be all of it. After all, homicide rates in the US involving fists or objects other than guns are far higher than similar homicide rates in Europe.
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Well sure...there are cultural, geographic, and economic factors that all affect the crime rates. What we were addressing was why assault rates would only be marginally higher while murder rates would be astronomically higher...I mean if both assaults and murders were say 50% higher in one place, that would seem to indicate general crime factors such as economics, legal systems, government corruption and policing policies, etc. But when a particular crime, such as murder shows such a marked uptick compared to crime in general, you look for more specific factors relating specifically to the crime in question.
In short there are no doubt hundreds of factors that could be demonstrated to be some portion of the equation. One such as weapon use, when it accounts for such a large difference in percentage, should naturally be considered a primary suspect in being a major factor though, which is what I was demonstrating.