Circo delle Giovani Troie

[quebracho]

jj wrote:

> Makes sense [in a perverse sort of way...].
> Isn't it odd though, that a nation that has the highest rate of
> gun-murder on the planet [an unintended consequence of the
> requirement that all male adults own a firearm- in case of
> invasion, I assume]

Sorry, but this is complete bullshit. The gun murder rate in the USA is at least twice of the gun murder rate in switzerland.

Actually, the homicide rate in switzerland for the years 2000-2004 was 2.6 per 100,000, while the US had 5.6 homicides per 100,000, with firearms being used in 68 per cent of all homicides in the US in 2005.

[jj]

quebracho wrote:
> Sorry, but this is complete bullshit. The gun murder rate in
> the USA is at least twice of the gun murder rate in
> switzerland.
My source was the British TV programme 'Q.I.', which is anecdotally
fairly reliable. I suugest you take it up with the BBC- I find trawling
through at murder-statistics too depressing.
Even if, as you say, it falls below the US, it's still way too high.