Quote (thesnipa @ Mar 13 2015 04:21pm)

"you know this apple i have tastes exactly like an orange, how strange"

disregarding the OPINION that gun ownership is inherently detrimental to society you would have to base your study on areas that have similar demographics, # of guns owned by the population, and violent crime over all. The second category has no similar enough areas to even bother with the calculation. Although violent crime is surprisingly similar.

There are also areas of the US that have little to no incidents over the same time period, does that mean that Vermont is better than the UK?

Id love to see a study that could help show that the number of guns in your country compared to the number in ours with unarmed killings as a variable actually suggest the killings of citizens by police are less excusable. At least when a cop here kills someone they can in some cases legitimately claim they feared there was a gun present.

You should look for some actual studies on the estimates of actual unarmed killings in the US over the same time period i listed, obviously its much higher but our population is over 5 times yours. I would even go as far as to say that we have more than 5x the # of UK but your numbers are nothing to be happy about.

Its statistically more likely to be hit by lightning than killed by a cop in the US according to any legitimate estimates i can find.

Quote (Scaly @ Mar 13 2015 05:00pm)

http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/video_red_nose_day_fundraiser_dressed_as_a_soldier_and_carrying_a_toy_gun_sparks_armed_police_response_1_3992439

Where people don't get shot for being stupid.

Quote (pwb3 @ 13 Mar 2015 21:33)

I along with all the alpha Americans are thankful as well. Please never come visit the U.S. Just stay right where you are! :thumbsup:

Quote (Scaly @ Mar 13 2015 04:37pm)

If your idea of being 'alpha' is being barbaric, yobbish, corrupt and uneducated then perhaps you should move to the IS.

e/ and I visit the US often. I have family in Wisconsin.

Quote (carteblanche @ Mar 13 2015 10:32pm)

people in the US get shot for being black, not for being stupid.

Quote (Skinned @ 13 Mar 2015 21:42)

Blowhards like him and other dudes who talk about being alphas are about as beta as it gets. Beneath any right-winger is a terrified little person with a fetish for feeling safe.

Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Mar 13 2015 04:23pm)

...we are thankful as well .

Quote (thesnipa @ Mar 13 2015 04:21pm)

Its statistically more likely to be hit by lightning than killed by a cop in the US according to any legitimate estimates i can find.