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This is why mall cops and speeding fine issuers should not be armed like they are about to raid an organised crime hiding spot. It's astounding that some countr
by jdnenej 7y ago
This is why mall cops and speeding fine issuers should not be armed like they are about to raid an organised crime hiding spot. It's astounding that some countries allow random security guards to have guns. Unless you are highly trained and entering a very dangerous situation you should not have any guns at all.
- jakeogh 7y agohttps://americangunfacts.com https://americangunfacts.com
- Semaphor 7y agoNRA website with some questionable and some nonsensical info graphics.
- jakeogh 7y agoNot NRA. Sources are hyperlinked at the bottom. Which do you question?
- Semaphor 7y agoJust to take one example: The UK records violent crimes that are not violent crimes in the US. So yes, violent crimes are higher in the UK. But they’d soar in the US if they’d use the same definition.
- jakeogh 7y agoPossible! Source please. Ref: https://americangunfacts.com/pdf/www-telegraph-co-uk.pdf https://americangunfacts.com/pdf/www-telegraph-co-uk.pdf "2034[1] vs 466 Violent Crimes UK vs US per 100k people" [1] The July 2009 Telegraph article says "over 2000"
- Semaphor 7y agohttps://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checking-ben-swann-is-the-uk-really-5-times-more-violent-than-the-us/ https://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checki... https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/violent-crime https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-... https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/116226/user-guide-crime-statistics.pdf https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/... (section 5.1)
- jakeogh 7y agoExcellent, thank you.