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Bluenorthwest

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16. There are tons of countries with much, much higher murder rates than the US.

Mon Dec 1, 2014, 01:28 PM

Dec 2014

I think that it is not the US that is exceptional but rather Europe, and I would think their aversion to violence and guns and murder might tie in to the fact that last century Europe was sort of a bloodbath much of the time.
US murder rate 4.7 per 100,000. Jamaica, 39.3. Honduras, 90.4. Venezuela 53.7.

Of course no one would ask 'what's wrong with Argentinians, 5.5 murders per 100,000 people, what makes them so violent....because some folks see America as exceptional in the negative and the positive.

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Why Doesn’t Ferguson Happen Abroad? [View all] kpete Dec 2014 OP

Good question … but it isn't really about guns Vox Moi Dec 2014 #1

But - you know that people are going to talk about guns right? el_bryanto Dec 2014 #6

But it is. It offers an excuse to any killer cop to say OrwellwasRight Dec 2014 #15

There are tons of countries with much, much higher murder rates than the US. Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #16

You can talk about Ferguson without talking about guns. Brickbat Dec 2014 #2

"Violence is as American as cherry pie." ~ H. Rap Brown - nt KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #3

Depends what neighborhood you are in. Maybe in HIS world. Not in mine. nt clarice Dec 2014 #10

Brown was being somewhat ironic\sardonic with his comment, since it KingCharlemagne Dec 2014 #13

Sorry Charlie, I guess I didn't notice the irony..... clarice Dec 2014 #14

Guns geomon666 Dec 2014 #4

A combination of reasons LordGlenconner Dec 2014 #5

Not only guns, but cops training. Mass Dec 2014 #7

It does. There have been massive outbreaks in Paris and London in recent years. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2014 #8

Death of Mark Duggan Downwinder Dec 2014 #11

And the 2005 French riots. NuclearDem Dec 2014 #17

American individualism Matrosov Dec 2014 #9

Lack of gunfu...um, gunlovers...abroad. Iggo Dec 2014 #12