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I am pretty convinced #1 and #2 are both true. POlice officers most of the times do not hunt down murderer or kidnappers (their is hardly murder in Europe, comp
by netrus 14y ago
I am pretty convinced #1 and #2 are both true. POlice officers most of the times do not hunt down murderer or kidnappers (their is hardly murder in Europe, compared to the US), but are asked to appease husbands beating their wives, stop parties that are too loud, etc. Those people will hardly ever own a weapon - other then in the US.
Second, I am pretty sure there is another culture of violence and fighting with the police in the US. Car chases, for example, are way less often in Europe - criminals tend to give up, instead of fighting to death.
- darklajid 14y agoI have no statistics of my own, so I cannot cry foul. But can you back up "their (sic) is hardly murder in Europe"? Europe is a big and quite diverse place..
- ajuc 14y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentiona... All data in homicides per 10000 inhbitants in 2010 USA - 5.0 North America - 4.7 Western and Central Europe - 1.2 East Europe - 7 (mostly thanks to Russia with 15.0) Overall Europe - 3.5 World - 6.9