Brexit discussion thread- UPDATE: the majority chose leave!

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SuperNova said:

hershel_layton said:

Curious, but what country do you live in?


Also, I find it disappointing how many European nations are against guns. Never thought people would have such a big issue with protecting themselves. I wonder if crime and rape rates would decrease if guns were more tolerable in Europe.

Europe as a whole has much lower crime rates then US though.

Seeing that crime rate overall is half of the US and rape rates are a third of the US in germany and france alone, so rates lowering with the introduction of guns is doubtful. Scandinavia and Spain have even better rates.

The easy answer is: People feel safe on the streets without guns. There's no need to 'protect themselves' in their perception.

crime in the US is tricky to properly capture. There are specific places that have extreme crime rates that drive up numbers for the whole country. Like the south and west side of Chicago. There is more violent crimes there in one month than most states have in an entire year. A vast majority of places in the US are very very safe with enclaves of areas that are the complete opposite. 

That said we need more gun restictions. No person needs to own an assualt rifle. The only purpose for those weapons is to kill people.