Re: Alarming statistics.

[Mike Fortey <forteymj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Re: 99% of the world not needing a gun.  Discarding
> firearms offenses, 
> the US and UK are roughly equal in crime rates. 
> Some sources even put 
> the UK as a more dangerous place than the US. 
> Around here, the rate is 
> about one person in seven being a victim of a
> violent crime at some 
> point in their life.  The UK's rate is similar.

I'd rather be punched in a mugging than shot.

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