Unfortunately we can't fact check your statistics since you didn't provide sources for them, but it's naive and irresponsible to compare "violent crimes" betwee

Unfortunately we can't fact check your statistics since you didn't provide sources for them, but it's naive and irresponsible to compare "violent crimes" between the US & UK. The definition varies quite substantially - for example in the UK "violent crimes" encompasses harassment (without any physical injury) which to most lay people would not strike them as especially "violent". The facts are that in 2010, the US had an average murder rate of 4.8 murders per 100,000 people - 4 times higher than the UK’s rate of 1.2 per 100,000. Likelihood of being killed would seem to me to be a more useful indicator of societal violence. For those that are interested you can read more about these statistics here: http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checking-ben-swann-is-the-uk-really-5-times-more-violent-than-the-us/ http://blog.skepticallibertarian.com/2013/01/12/fact-checkin...