Subj : Re: Law abiding citizens?
To   : Gregory Deyss
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Wed Jun 22 2022 21:22:40

On 22 Jun 2022, Gregory Deyss said the following...
 GD>  BF>  GD> Since when do thugs and perps abide by gun laws?
 GD>  BF>    In the USA you mean, of course. Despite having more people
 GD>  BF> incarcerated than any other country in the world -- not only per capi
 GD>  BF> but in absolute numbers!
 GD>  BF> Still no suggestion about why? A totally corrupt judicial system,
 GD>  BF> amongst other institutions, perhaps?
 GD> I respect you to a point, because you have been in the Fidonet scene a
 GD> long time.  That I wanted to say, but I will also say that you might
 GD> want to take your act someplace else.
 GD> Source: 
 GD> https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-country
 GD> Ranking Country        Crime Index 2022 Population
 GD> 54      Sweden         48           10,218,971
 GD> 56      United States  47.81       334,805,269

The crime index is independent of the population.

 GD> Oh my, say it is not so, a tiny piss ant country like Sweden has that
 GD> much crime?

Is it violent crime? Is it gun-related crime? Or is it just "crime?"

 GD> The United States about 22 times bigger then Sweden. 
 GD> United States is approx. 9,833,517 sq km, while Sweden is approx.450,295
 GD> sq km making Sweden only 4.58% the size of the United States. 

Lad area is entirely irrelevant in comparing crime rates, unless you're
comparing crime/acre (which you're not).

Jeff.

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