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jfengel | 3 days ago
No, it isn't. It's the easiest, but not the best.
America has more murders because we make murder easy. No other country is awash in guns.
Other comparisons are harder to make, but people have taken a stab at it.
https://ocindex.net/rankings?f=rankings&view=List
The US is tied for 60th with the UK. France and Italy slightly more; Germany and Ireland somewhat less.
Another list, for rape:
https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Violen...
The US sits between Belgium and New Zealand. Australia and Sweden have rather more; other European countries less.
It simply doesn't hold up to say "crime". If you want to say "murder", yes, the statistics do justify that. But that's a very specific kind of crime, with a really specific factor that no other developed country has.
There is one sense in which "crime" in general is a problem: the fact that it's been falling for decades, and yet we're more and more afraid of it. Crime is not the problem, but perception definitely is.
barry-cotter|2 days ago
Switzerland, Canada. The US has more illegal guns but ~every adult male Swiss citizen has access to a gun and training in how to use it. Hunting is as popular in Canada as it is with similar demographics in the US and having plenty of guns around does not make them anomalously murderous.