Reply #13: Why focus on gun-related violence?

[tburnsten]

There are plenty of other types of violence, and the motivation is all pretty much the same. Lets compare apples to apples and compare overall violent crime rates, and put it into statistical context as well, as percent increases and such. If Britain has a violent crime rate one third of ours, but ours has gone down fifty percent over the last two decades while britain's has gone up seventy percent over the same time period, than maybe their "lower" crime rate isn't so meaningful after all.


Besides they have a far more homogenous society than ours, which always reduces violence.