tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552645988698703895.post1429183143461732658..comments2023-10-14T13:05:47.575+02:00Comments on Gun debate critic: Dealing with violent crime in the UKMichael Hawkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01253660718647835313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552645988698703895.post-33509331962964329202008-06-18T00:17:00.000+02:002008-06-18T00:17:00.000+02:00I don't downplay that info, I'll be the first one ...I don't downplay that info, I'll be the first one to admit that the USA has a SERIOUS problem with violent crime, but pointing at a country that's doing worse doesn't make ones situation any better, now does it?<BR/><BR/>The UK has its own problems, and its own failed policies.<BR/>Gun control is one of those policies.<BR/><BR/>I'm also one of the few to admit that the recent steps taken to reduce knife crime might actually be working, check my general posts on the UK (accesible top right)Michael Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253660718647835313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552645988698703895.post-36817641092350041232008-06-18T00:06:00.000+02:002008-06-18T00:06:00.000+02:00re:>>"The UK is not a peaceful place."Maybe not. B...re:<BR/>>>"The UK is not a peaceful place."<BR/><BR/>Maybe not. But there are something like 50 gun murders a year in Britain. There's that many gun murders in one typical day in America.<BR/>I don't have the figures handy, but America's rate per capita for all homicides is double what Britain's is.<BR/>Incidentally, gun rights supporters generally downplay the above info. Instead, they trot out all kinds of scary numbers on assaults, muggings, etc.<BR/>But if we limit the debate to murder, the U.S. is a vastly more dangerous place.<BR/>I'm not trying to trivialize assaults and muggings. But I myself would rather be mugged every day than murdered once.<BR/>BTW, I can tell you that as a reporter who worked the police beat for many years in the U.S. that MANY assaults and muggings (and even rapes) go unreported.Marc McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105754072842852126noreply@blogger.com