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In reply to the discussion: What do the "bad guys" in Britain and Japan do without guns? [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(101,157 posts)45. Guns are chosen by people intending to kill
because they are deadlier. I'd certainly say 'really'. I think most people would.
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It isn't a matter of comparing how violent our recent history to how violent our past history is.
JDPriestly
Jan 2013
#52
And yet, as the figures in #4 show, knives kill slightly more in the USA
muriel_volestrangler
Jan 2013
#40
Yes, really. And since it looks as if your link is to some photo of a wound, I don't really
Squinch
Jan 2013
#47
Britons use knives, fists, beer glasses, and blunt objects. Japan doesn't have much violent crime.
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#9
of course! there is not a single leaf of ganja in jamaica, for instance.
farminator3000
Jan 2013
#62
I'm fairly confident that I have a much better chance of outrunning a bladed weapon
LanternWaste
Jan 2013
#66
Because they *don't* commonly use them to kill people. But they have them, they traffic them
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#60
what? the fact is, unless they've experienced it, americans tend to assume the yakuza operate
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#67