tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post5528737958836992637..comments2023-09-26T12:18:39.374+03:00Comments on Boreal Expat: A Depraved Nation?Kent Tankersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-28834537710566494792016-01-12T23:07:34.081+02:002016-01-12T23:07:34.081+02:00You’re probably right about that. Figures I’ve see...You’re probably right about that. Figures I’ve seen on homicides overall seem to show that the US is still three times more violent than Finland -- though even more violent (eight times) when you consider only homicides by guns. So, guns are not the only problem.<br /><br />In my layman’s opinion, it’s America’s higher levels of poverty and its drug habit that has a lot to do the higher criminality in the States. Sad to say, but the easy access to guns just seems to further grease the wheels of America’s relative dysfunction. <br />Kent Tankersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-50034373947348368162016-01-10T23:30:02.047+02:002016-01-10T23:30:02.047+02:00I wonder if there's much difference violent cr...I wonder if there's much difference violent crime rate between the US and comparable countries if firearm-related crime is excluded. My guess is that there'd still be a difference, but that it would be much less dramatic. (That is, the US would remain a much more violent country than its peers of all guns were removed, and thus the availability of guns is only part of the problem.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10980219360516523067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-27120479452088191952016-01-08T18:57:44.521+02:002016-01-08T18:57:44.521+02:00You don't really touch on why there are so man...You don't really touch on why there are so many guns here in the USA, which is a political reason. I won't get started, else I'll consume more space here than your original statements.<br /><br />I will agree on part of your conclusion which is that Americans are probably at base no more violent than your average schmuck anywhere else. Yes, the availability of guns expands our murder rate into the realm of complete insanity. I'll leave it at that, only adding that I am stuck here in this vast insane asylum doing my best not to get shot.<br />James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.com