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The vast majority of police forces are armed, even in low-crime countries. > the entire country of Germany seems to use fewer bullets than a single US city So
by gridlockd 6y ago
The vast majority of police forces are armed, even in low-crime countries.
> the entire country of Germany seems to use fewer bullets than a single US city
So perhaps guns are not actually the problem? There's commensurately little crime occurring in Germany, crime is not punished as harshly and criminals are not armed to the same degree.
When somebody is getting arrested in the US, they're looking at years in harsh prisons. They're likely to use any sort of irrational means to avoid or resist getting arrested.
- the_pwner224 6y agoIf the punishments are so harsh then the 'irrational' means seem to be pretty rational.
- throw0101a 6y ago> There's commensurately little crime occurring in Germany, The stats seem to show comparable crime rates across most industrialized countries; see point 7: * https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/us-gun-violence-statistics-maps-charts https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/2/16399418/u... There's just more violence in the US: * https://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9217163/america-guns-europe https://www.vox.com/2015/8/27/9217163/america-guns-europe