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You can't compare Norway -- the oil rich Saudi Arabia of Europe -- to a country the US. Crime doesn't just pop up out of a vacuum. When you've got millions of p
by TheShark 10y ago
You can't compare Norway -- the oil rich Saudi Arabia of Europe -- to a country the US. Crime doesn't just pop up out of a vacuum. When you've got millions of people getting wrapped up in violent cliques\gangs that are going to be armed to the teeth irregardless of gun regulation (most use stolen weapons) you don't want to go into those environments armed like the French bicycle police.
- DanBC 10y agoUS police go into every encounter with US citizens armed. Simple traffic stops in low[1] crime areas have armed police. [1] low relative the US. The US is remarkably violent compared to Europe.
- throwanem 10y ago> The US is remarkably violent compared to Europe. Has been heretofore, at any rate. Given the effect of mass immigration on the relative homogeneity of European cultures, and the effect on levels of violence of heterogeneity among incompatible cultures, it'll be interesting to see how things play out over the next few decades.