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Recursion

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22. I agree with you on that.

Reply to spanone (Reply #19)

Wed Apr 24, 2013, 08:26 AM

Apr 2013

Glad to know there's some common ground here.

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Breaking: when you ignore countries with low gun ownership rate and high homicide rate. .. [View all] Recursion Apr 2013 OP

Which country do you have in mind ? dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #1

I think you are trying to make a point here el_bryanto Apr 2013 #2

Brazil, Mexico, Russia (nt) Recursion Apr 2013 #7

Yes but those countries have pretty different cultures, don't they? el_bryanto Apr 2013 #10

Those things also pipoman Apr 2013 #16

We are not more violent that European nations. DanTex Apr 2013 #28

The US isn't exactly a Western European social-democracy either. JVS Apr 2013 #25

Because they are the closest thing we have to peers. DanTex Apr 2013 #31

But, seriously, have you even tried a regression against access to mental health care? Recursion Apr 2013 #36

Or even examining where violence happens and seeing if the material and social conditions there.... JVS Apr 2013 #37

can you identify one of those countries, please? lastlib Apr 2013 #3

Yes, give me ten minutes Recursion Apr 2013 #9

See below. Also South Africa Recursion Apr 2013 #23

Low firearm ownership doesn't mean guns aren't readily available everywhere illegally. JaneyVee Apr 2013 #4

That's also true here Recursion Apr 2013 #21

name the countries. cali Apr 2013 #5

Brazil, Russia, Mexico, China, India, Indonesia. (nt) Recursion Apr 2013 #18

Don't forget Turkey, Mexico, Argentina, and South Africa! DanTex Apr 2013 #32

Can we agree no criminologist knows what to do with South Africa? (nt) Recursion Apr 2013 #34

South Africa ranks 121st in HDI, below Honduras and Egypt and Botswana. DanTex Apr 2013 #35

Because i would guess that this edhopper Apr 2013 #6

Is this a new low? Take some African country upaloopa Apr 2013 #8

Isn't it amazing? They do this and then expect us to believe them when they say they CTyankee Apr 2013 #14

"nobody" really isn't accurate... pipoman Apr 2013 #20

Nobody with any power to do so wants to take your guns away. upaloopa Apr 2013 #29

It's beyond absurd. DanTex Apr 2013 #30

Gun pimps are boring. morningfog Apr 2013 #11

Aw. Robb Apr 2013 #12

Broken ... GeorgeGist Apr 2013 #13

When you try to compare the US to Russia, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and China DanTex Apr 2013 #15

And the reason we shouldn't is...? Recursion Apr 2013 #17

Because they aren't stable first-world countries. Are you serious? DanTex Apr 2013 #26

So here's the thing: you say "Recursion includes Brazil, Mexico, Russia, and India. That's absurd!" Recursion Apr 2013 #24

Where we go from here is we use do an apples-to-apples comparison between DanTex Apr 2013 #27

background checks for all gun ownership...PERIOD spanone Apr 2013 #19

I agree with you on that. Recursion Apr 2013 #22

Were Dagestan and Chechnya included in your figures, Recursion? rdharma Apr 2013 #33

"...when you ignore countries with low gun ownership rate and high homicide rate".... Sheepshank Apr 2013 #38