RandomPoster
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The issue is that progressive socialist schemes go out of whack. Poverty should have ended by now don't you think?I know both countries pretty well...I love america dearly but it is infested with crime, angry people, ignorance and especially guns.England outlawed handguns in 1997.
1996 murder rates per 100,000:
U.S. 7.41 : England 1.12 = U.S was 6.62 times as high
List of countries by intentional homicide rate by decade - Wikipedia
2016 murder rates per 100,000
U.S. 4.9 : England 1.22 = U.S. = U.S. is 4.02 times as high
When they wail on about the England having a lower murder rate than the USA, they already did before they banned handguns! In fact, now the USA has 4 times the murder rate, whereas before England banned hand guns, we had 6.6 times the murder rate. The gap between us has shrunk considerably since England banned hand guns.
In 1920 homicide rate per 100,000: US 6.8 vs. England 0.81
Was that caused by the gun laws England passed over 70 years later?
Neither the time or the place but that is what always made me wonder about Lee Harvey Oswald and the "lone nut theory" the Warren Commission endorsed, went with, or proffered....
We have more lonely nuts than ever, more guns than ever, and more opportunities to massacre government officials than ever...
It would seem that there would be a lot more "lone nuts" out there killing all sorts of government officials. Instead, there are very few attacks on public figures involving firearms.
Not sure how that is the issue in this thread.
The reason it is being brought up is because progressive policies inflicted on low income areas seem to have destroyed the family unit and wrought havoc both in terms of economic productivity as well as crime rates. This appears to be a more significant factor in regards to crime rates than simply gun laws.