HM Prison – A Survival Guide (2015)

Re:HM Prison – A Survival Guide (2015) by kybernetikos on Friday October 06, 2017 @05:19AM (#15415441)

Which figures are you using to consider their statement absurd? I suppose the 'most' countries part is only true if you restrict it to the usually considered rich countries or 'developed' countries, but that seems like a reasonable restriction to make given the context.

I did a quick calculation based on probably obsolete numbers, but I got a homicide rate of around 4.8 per 100000 of which 2.7 are with guns, leaving 2.1 without which is still higher than most European countries. (check https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention... )

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Re:HM Prison – A Survival Guide (2015) by Sir_Cmpwn on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:18AM (#15416948)

The comment I was replying to was:

>Americans stab, beat, and bludgeon more people to death that most countries entire murder rate. The US is a violent country even without counting the guns.

Which is still not backed up. However, I am surprised to see the stats on the murder rate and gun violence all the same.

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