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muriel_volestrangler

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45. Guns are chosen by people intending to kill
Wed Jan 30, 2013, 04:21 PM
Jan 2013

because they are deadlier. I'd certainly say 'really'. I think most people would.

umm, not kill their fellow citizens in record numbers? n/t bench scientist Jan 2013 #1
record numbers?really? backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #8
The U.S. ALWAYS sets the records for firearm deaths in the developed world. EOTE Jan 2013 #10
that wasn't the question backwoodsbob Jan 2013 #11
Actually it WAS the question. EOTE Jan 2013 #12
It isn't a matter of comparing how violent our recent history to how violent our past history is. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #52
American gun deaths beat every other civilized nation. rustydog Jan 2013 #24
So which nations guardian Jan 2013 #42
There's a clear line between the first world and the rest of the world. EOTE Jan 2013 #80
So the guardian Jan 2013 #81
Sure, if that's the word you'd like to use. EOTE Jan 2013 #82
it's clear cut and not even close bench scientist Jan 2013 #71
they do less murdering of people than in the United States CreekDog Jan 2013 #77
aw, yea creekdog bench scientist Jan 2013 #79
dont know about japan but bad guys in the uk get guns too easily loli phabay Jan 2013 #2
Huge knife culture? Kingofalldems Jan 2013 #7
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seriuosly do a search theres been campaigns to get knifes of the streets loli phabay Jan 2013 #23
And yet, as the figures in #4 show, knives kill slightly more in the USA muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #40
still does not mean there is not a knife culture in the schemes loli phabay Jan 2013 #41
But is it any smaller than the American knife culture? muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #44
depends on where you live. on some schemes stabbings are everyday loli phabay Jan 2013 #46
Hysterical tabloids, stuff like that. Posteritatis Jan 2013 #68
Not to mention bows & arrows in Sherwood Forest. Pyrzqxgl Jan 2013 #78
They use knives and clubs. ManiacJoe Jan 2013 #3
I'd rather look at a knife than down the barrel of a gun. Squinch Jan 2013 #26
Really? guardian Jan 2013 #43
Guns are chosen by people intending to kill muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #45
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
If an attacker has a knife, then I want a gun. Bake Jan 2013 #61
Figures for 3 years of England & Wales homicides muriel_volestrangler Jan 2013 #4
But but but malaise Jan 2013 #6
A point that CANNOT be over-emphasized Jeff In Milwaukee Jan 2013 #37
They commit far fewer homicides. DanTex Jan 2013 #5
Britons use knives, fists, beer glasses, and blunt objects. Japan doesn't have much violent crime. slackmaster Jan 2013 #9
The Japanese use swords. edbermac Jan 2013 #13
What drunks did in the US when booze was banned. dairydog91 Jan 2013 #14
Island nations have no black market? Robb Jan 2013 #18
Thank you, I just spewed coffee all over my desk. a la izquierda Jan 2013 #50
of course! there is not a single leaf of ganja in jamaica, for instance. farminator3000 Jan 2013 #62
Of course they have black markets. dairydog91 Jan 2013 #70
Japanese "bad guys" have plenty of guns obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #15
They must be lousy shots then. Robb Jan 2013 #19
Yakuza use firearms as a last resort formercia Jan 2013 #22
So, everybody was kung fu fighting instead? Bucky Jan 2013 #76
LOL! So true, it's funny! Squinch Jan 2013 #28
They don't use them much. Nor in Britain Recursion Jan 2013 #39
+1 HiPointDem Jan 2013 #48
id say a large part is cultural and another is the guns tend to be held loli phabay Jan 2013 #51
The question was if they had guns obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #74
This Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #16
Wound each other at approximately twice the US rate, in the UK at least. dmallind Jan 2013 #20
But kill each other a whole lot less. Squinch Jan 2013 #29
There are always firearms to be had, regardless of the laws formercia Jan 2013 #21
As for Britain, I think you can rule out biting. n/t Scurrilous Jan 2013 #25
Knives, swords, axes. PLARS1999 Jan 2013 #27
How bad are things when you carry a gun with bullets in it? Squinch Jan 2013 #30
If you don't trust your dealer, don't buy from him. PLARS1999 Jan 2013 #34
Huh? Squinch Jan 2013 #35
Hooligans. PLARS1999 Jan 2013 #36
I remember for a time it was double bladed Stanley knifes loli phabay Jan 2013 #31
I'm fairly confident that I have a much better chance of outrunning a bladed weapon LanternWaste Jan 2013 #66
Call Bush. Weapons of mass destruction. pampango Jan 2013 #32
Axes were preferred weapons in medieval times ...... oldhippie Jan 2013 #64
Who says the bad guys don't have guns there? (nt) Recursion Jan 2013 #33
Even the Yakuza won't mess around with guns in Japan. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #38
Yakuza have guns, & traffic in guns. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #49
Only a small subset. backscatter712 Jan 2013 #53
not really the case. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #59
Some documentation would be a nice thing Kolesar Jan 2013 #55
... HiPointDem Jan 2013 #57
Wow, seven Kolesar Jan 2013 #58
Because they *don't* commonly use them to kill people. But they have them, they traffic them HiPointDem Jan 2013 #60
Is it the smell of cordite that brings the snot out from you? Kolesar Jan 2013 #65
what? the fact is, unless they've experienced it, americans tend to assume the yakuza operate HiPointDem Jan 2013 #67
They victimize the weak just like all bad guys do. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2013 #54
Impulsive and unwise people don't kill others in commenserate numbers, though Kolesar Jan 2013 #56
Even gangsters live in fear of Japan’s gun laws by Jake Adelstein farminator3000 Jan 2013 #63
Prey upon the weak. loose wheel Jan 2013 #69
Swords ? JI7 Jan 2013 #72
Ever think that maybe Britain and Japan lock up their crazy people? kudzu22 Jan 2013 #73
We do too, but we use prisons instead of those mamby-pampy mental treatment centers Bucky Jan 2013 #75
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