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Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK
Date	2013-01-14 01:12 +0000
Organization	ok by me, so long as it doesn't get out of hand
Message-ID	<eyr733.d03@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> owl wrote:

> > It's just a fact.  Gun-free zone Great Britain, like all gun-free zones,
> > makes for open season targeting of the innocent.  More killings in the
> > US though, since we get to shoot the fucking low-lifes before they have
> > a chance to harm us.

> Yes, you must be a lot safer in the U.S. (not!)  - your murder rate is over 
> 3 times that in the U.K., even though you have fewer large cities/head of 
> population, and 8 times the land area/head of population!

Yeah that's realistic.  Just the populations of NYC and Los Angeles
amount to roughly half the entire UK population.

> Don't get me wrong - I've only been arguing about the phoney figures you 
> choose to post.  When it comes to high murder rates in the U.S., I've no 
> objections at all!

Violent crime rate in UK is about double that of the US.  That's because
we have guns and keep the criminals in check.

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You are safer in the US than in the UK owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-13 16:04 +0000
  USA is still the murder capital of the world 7 <email_at_www_at_enemygadgets_dot_com@enemygadgets.com> - 2013-01-13 16:34 +0000
    Re: USA is still the murder capital of the world Big Steel <"The One"@One.net> - 2013-01-13 11:37 -0500
    Re: USA is still the murder capital of the world Justin <no_no@becauseireallyreallyhatespam.farts> - 2013-01-13 21:53 -0500
  Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK bbgruff <bbgruff@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-01-13 17:11 +0000
    Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-14 01:12 +0000
    Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-01-13 20:05 -0600
  Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2013-01-13 18:14 +0100
    Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK Chris Ahlstrom <admin@cyberbully.com> - 2013-01-13 14:28 -0500
      Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK flatfish+++ <phlatphish@yahoo.com> - 2013-01-13 14:42 -0500
      Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK Big Steel <"The One77"@One77.net> - 2013-01-13 14:45 -0500
      Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK William Poaster <wp@induh-vidual.net> - 2013-01-13 22:58 +0000
    Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-14 01:27 +0000
  Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK Nobody <invalid@invalid.com> - 2013-01-13 12:17 -0600
    Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2013-01-14 01:31 +0000
    Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-01-13 20:07 -0600
    Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK Justin <no_no@becauseireallyreallyhatespam.farts> - 2013-01-13 21:54 -0500
      Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2013-01-14 10:01 -0600
  Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK RayLopez99 <raylopez88@gmail.com> - 2013-01-14 09:45 -0800
    Re: You are safer in the US than in the UK Big Steel <"The One77KKK"@One77KKK.net> - 2013-01-14 12:49 -0500

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