On 12/4/14 12:36 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 12/4/2014 12:12 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:08:50 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I heard a stat. We are fourth in the world for murder unless you take
out the four top I think NYC, Detroit, Miami and LA.. we drop to
nearly
number 100 in the world for murders...


Well, there you go. I believe it has to do with the behavior of the
population therein, not the availability of guns.


Last I knew, NYC, Detroit, Miami and LA were all part of and located in
the USA.

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In defense of NYC, they really don't belong in that group. I believe
there are a number of large cities like New Orleans, Baltimore,
Oakland and St Louis that rank as far more dangerous. Surprisingly
NYC and Chicago don't even appear in the top 30 when ranked by murder
rate per thousand residents.



Although accurate (except for NYC) I did not provide or post the stat
(above). Scott posted it.



I wonder what percentage of school, shopping center, movie theater and
office building mass murders are committed by whites in generally
suburban or small town/city/rural areas...and would it be ok to include
the slaughter by whites of the indigenous populations here?

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