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Originally posted by sacX
heh no i'm not  .. If you compare the stats the US has a *slightly* higher homicde rate than most similar countries, but when you do 'gun homicides' the magnitude higher is approaching 10X..
Try again Colin, but i'm going to sleep.
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You're misinformed.
Homicide Rates (2000)
1 South Africa 50.14
2 Russia 21.40
3 Lithuania 10.00
4 Estonia 9.94
5 Latvia 6.22
6 USA 5.64
7 Spain 2.94
8 Finland 2.86
The US homicide rate is about twice that of the 8th country.
Here are some "similar" countries.
Canada 1.76
UK 1.61