Yeah, very possible that culture is a big part of it. I would attribute a lot of it to that, along with the homogeneity of the population, which probably reduce

Yeah, very possible that culture is a big part of it. I would attribute a lot of it to that, along with the homogeneity of the population, which probably reduces the race-related tension which is so prevalent in the US. I was mainly saying that your argument that the great-grandparent of this was using noone incorrectly was wrong. 53 in a country that large is a rounding error, as is the rise from 53 to 66 which you just stated. Statistical noise. You can't really compare it with prohibition or the ban on Marijuana, either. Culturally, that seems like a much more ridiculous law than gun bans do - drugs and alcohol affect ones self, and people generally feel that they have a right to choose what they do to themselves. Bans on things that are addictive? Of course those will be broken. It's not a very good comparison.