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Is the US really third in the world in murders? Not if you subtract 4 US cities
« on: August 12, 2016, 03:03:57 PM »


Is the US really third in the world in murders? Not if you subtract 4 US cities from the list.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028093512

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Is the US really third in the world in murders? Not if you subtract 4 US cities from the list.

Very interesting stats.




http://www.mythdebunk.com/us-3rd-in-murders/

From the link, the top 7 nations with most murders are
Brazil:  50,108
India: 43,355
Nigeria: 33,817
Mexico: 26,037
Democratic Republic of the Congo:  18,586
South Africa: 16,259
Venezuela: 16,072

America is eighth.

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3. America is at 4.7 murders per 100,000 people

Canada, where I live, comes in at 1.45 murders per 100,000 people. Many of us Canadians like to attribute that to stricter gun control here, but that's not easy to prove empirically.
Canada is more homogenous than America. Also, the population is smaller.

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10. Obivously the fault of Elitist Liberals who run those cities

Or "Thugs", ifyouknowwhatimsayin. Or maybe both in collusion.
Chicago: 532
Detroit: 411
New Orleans: 193
Washington DC: 88

Chicago: 532
New York: 419
Detroit: 411
Philadelphia: 334

Hmmmmmmm. What do they have in common? They are run by leftists.
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Re: Is the US really third in the world in murders? Not if you subtract 4 US cities
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2016, 03:22:16 PM »
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10. Obivously the fault of Elitist Liberals who run those cities

Or "Thugs", ifyouknowwhatimsayin. Or maybe both in collusion.

You pretty much nailed it and then closed your eyes.
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Re: Is the US really third in the world in murders? Not if you subtract 4 US cities
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2016, 06:53:47 PM »
FUN FACT 1: Take out the murders by blacks and we are right up there with Finland.

FUN FACT 2: A white person is 22 times more likely to be murdered by a black than a black person murdered by a white.

There is some kind of trend that the democrats, msm, hollyweird, and the elites of our country just cannot put their super intelligent fingers on.
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Re: Is the US really third in the world in murders? Not if you subtract 4 US cities
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2016, 07:06:46 PM »
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From the link, the top 7 nations with most murders are
Brazil:  50,108
India: 43,355
Nigeria: 33,817
Mexico: 26,037
Democratic Republic of the Congo:  18,586
South Africa: 16,259
Venezuela: 16,072

I doubt these figures are even that low for most of those countries. The governments probably understate for political, business, and tourist reasons, and they may not have the resources to recognize and count all the murders that happen.

And whose bright idea was it to have Brazil, the worst country in the world for murders, host the Olympic games?! And if the human killers don'y get you, the bacteria and viruses in the water of some aquatic events might! There is no stupidity too profound that PC cannot deepen it!
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Re: Is the US really third in the world in murders? Not if you subtract 4 US cities
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2016, 09:13:29 PM »
Quote from: SVPete on August 12, 2016, 07:06:46 PM
I doubt these figures are even that low for most of those countries. The governments probably understate for political, business, and tourist reasons, and they may not have the resources to recognize and count all the murders that happen.

And whose bright idea was it to have Brazil, the worst country in the world for murders, host the Olympic games?! And if the human killers don'y get you, the bacteria and viruses in the water of some aquatic events might! There is no stupidity too profound that PC cannot deepen it!

They're not.  The US figures include suicides as homicides, IIRC.  The rest don't. 
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Re: Is the US really third in the world in murders? Not if you subtract 4 US cities
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2016, 01:45:03 PM »
"Many of us Canadians like to attribute that to stricter gun control here, but that's not easy to prove empirically."
It certainly isn't easy to prove, considering that Chicago also has strict gun- control laws, and yet their murder rate is the highest in the country.
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