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To: RMF who wrote (3201)	1/4/2013 2:11:38 AM
From: KLP	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 125696

RMF....You are asking the question.....Could you do some research to see if you can find the answer you seek and let us know what you find out?

To: RMF who wrote (3201)	1/4/2013 2:44:36 AM
From: goldworldnet	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 125696

I've never found the information I wanted, but this is interesting even if it is from 2009. The most violent country in Europe: Britain is also worse than South Africa and U.S. By JAMES SLACK UPDATED: 18:14 EST, 2 July 2009 dailymail.co.uk Britain's violent crime record is worse than any other country in the European union, it has been revealed. Official crime figures show the UK also has a worse rate for all types of violence than the U.S. and even South Africa - widely considered one of the world's most dangerous countries. The figures comes on the day new Home Secretary Alan Johnson makes his first major speech on crime, promising to be tough on loutish behaviour. Britain has an even worse violence rate than South Africa (file picture) The Tories said Labour had presided over a decade of spiralling violence. In the decade following the party's election in 1997, the number of recorded violent attacks soared by 77 per cent to 1.158million - or more than two every minute. The figures, compiled from reports released by the European Commission and United Nations, also show: The UK has the second highest overall crime rate in the EU.It has a higher homicide rate than most of our western European neighbours, including France, Germany, Italy and Spain.The UK has the fifth highest robbery rate in the EU.It has the fourth highest burglary rate and the highest absolute number of burglaries in the EU, with double the number of offences than recorded in Germany and France.But it is the naming of Britain as the most violent country in the EU that is most shocking. The analysis is based on the number of crimes per 100,000 residents. In the UK, there are 2,034 offences per 100,000 people, way ahead of second-placed Austria with a rate of 1,677. The U.S. has a violence rate of 466 crimes per 100,000 residents, Canada 935, Australia 92 and South Africa 1,609. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Grayling said: 'This is a damning indictment of this government's comprehensive failure over more than a decade to tackle the deep rooted social problems in our society, and the knock on effect on crime and anti-social behaviour. * * *

To: RMF who wrote (3201)	1/4/2013 2:57:15 AM
From: Brian Sullivan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 125696

Don't mix Mexico in that.... Can we include Syria ???

To: RMF who wrote (3201)	1/4/2013 9:32:09 AM
From: unclewest	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 125696

Alright then...GIVE us the "total murder rate in Europe vs. the total murder rate in the U.S". Don't mix Mexico in that…. Why not look at Mexico and their 22.7 murders per 100,000. Mexico strongly enforces gun control. (except of course for their criminals) You go to jail in Mexico for owning a rifle magazine. How does their murder rate of 22.7 work for you? Can we also drop the tightly gun controlled US Virgin Islands? At 39.8 murders per 100,000, it skews the mainland figure? Here is the answer. The US including the Virgin Islands and not including Mexico @22.7 and Jamaica at 52.2 and Honduras at 91.6, is 4.2 per 100,000 E Europe (not including South Africa that has a 30.5 murder rate) is 6.4 per 100,000. We have our bad incidents, but the US is quite low when you look at all the rest of the world. It is a wild world out there. And humans are still the bloodiest of all God's creatures. I am not afraid of anti-gun people. I fear for them.