I have been reading a lot of information about crime in other countries lately. I have been trying to find stats on this stuff, but it is very difficult.
What I was able to find was that in England and Wales homicide is much more common with a knife or other sharp object than any other weapon, and that the homicide rate, while lower is not usually directly related to gun control, but other factors as well. Other laws that limit how a person may protect themselves have a lot to do with it. But these are things that the US isn't willing to give up, at least from my observations. I did find some very interesting number that compared the US and Canada. It used stats from before Canada passed the big gun control stuff in 77 through the late '80s It showed that not only did the crime rate not drop considerably, the rate of change stayed fairly similar with that of the US. In fact, over the course of the study the rate in the US came down more than it did in Canada. No obviously the homicide rate in Canada is much lower, but I am just talking about the rate of change. It also pointed out that gun ownership in Canada went up as well. This wasn't some biased study from gun nuts either. This was a study commissioned by the Canadian Government and appeared in the Canadian Journal of Criminology. > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Small [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 1:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: England's Crime Rate highest in the world > > Not that I'm defending England, but it makes me wonder what the rate for > death by murder/manslaughter is over there versus the US. Their crime > rate might be higher but their murder/manslaughter rate much lower due > to the lack of firearms. > > Matthew Small > IT Supervisor > Showstopper National Dance Competitions > 3660 Old Kings Hwy > Murrells Inlet, SC 29576 > 843-357-1847 > http://www.showstopperonline.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
