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Re:German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011 by rorrr on Sunday May 13, 2012 @04:05AM (#3966337)
Gangs. American gangs are fueled by uneducated population. Ignorance is so celebrated here, mixed with the attitude of entitlement, you get a lot of frustrated uneducated people when they realize that all the stories about getting rich and famous only apply to 0.0001% of the population.

This mentality is the major factor.

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Re:German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011 by brown9-2 on Sunday May 13, 2012 @09:34AM (#3966960)
How much crime in America is caused by gangs? Without this fact, this claim sounds non-sensical.
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Re:German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011 by kitsune_ on Sunday May 13, 2012 @06:56AM (#3966672)
Do you have any facts and figures to back up that claim?
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Re:German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011 by rorrr on Sunday May 13, 2012 @07:13AM (#3966698)
There are several claims I've made. Which one are you interested in?
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Re:German Police Used Only 85 Bullets Against People in 2011 by rdl on Sunday May 13, 2012 @02:22PM (#3967777)
Gangs alone account for more crime than the total in places like Germany, but US crime levels ex-gangs are still higher than in those other places.

Gangs alone aren't an adequate explanation, but if you're looking for a single factor, maybe the reasons people go into gangs would be broad enough to account for it.

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