Guns = rape

[CapnAwesome]

Except according to the same site that when you break it down to per capita the United States doesn't even break into the top 50. http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info...Per-capita

That's behind countries like Norway, Iceland, New Zealand, etc.

Statistics are pretty meaningless when they aren't per capita.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Wait...

...bullet proof skin! OF COURSE!

[Chas]

So having followed closely recently 2 particular threads on guns and rape, it never occurred to me that no one would mention the quite obvious correlation between rape and guns.

The statistics have shown (just take a look at the gun thread) that violent crime has everything to do with guns being legal. I mean, it's just blatantly obvious by looking at these stats (which I've shamelessly stolen from someone else):

No, the stats do not show that.

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The UK has the second highest overall crime rate in the EU.
It has a higher homicide rate than most of our western European neighbours, including France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
The UK has the fifth highest robbery rate in the EU.
It has the fourth highest burglary rate and the highest absolute number of burglaries in the EU, with double the number of offences than recorded in Germany and France.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-...a-U-S.html



Clearly because this is from the daily mail we can trust this information to be presented in a factual and completely unbiased way. But this information would seem to suggest that legalising guns makes 'Murica safer than the UK? Because we all know us limey's can't get access to guns right? Yet we have more violent crime than anywhere else!!

But wait, I just found this through extensive research that may just sway your opinion on the whole gun debate:

http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info...rime/Rapes

If you look at this source that took me just 2 seconds to look up from a simple google search, America is ranked 1st in rape crime! So although the UK has more violent crime overall (which could be anything from a scuffle to murder), America has more rapes. Seems pretty clear cut to me, that because guns have so much to do with 'violent crime' statistics, guns must be one of the leading causes of rape in America. I mean, isn't it about time you guys woke up to reality? Guns obviously have something to do with America's crime problems, the stats don't lie.

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[Autumnlicious]

Is that normalized for population density and rate of movement between regions, or is it an absolute number with no consideration of space or probability of encounters?

[Napoléon]

No, the stats do not show that.

What do they show then?

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You got any stats to back that up?

[Chas]

No, the stats do not show that.

What do they show then?

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You got any stats to back that up?

You do know that the statement and the picture are unrelated, right?

[Autumnlicious]

I think he did, as he took the effort to split the quote into two and address them separately

[Creed of Heresy]

Also yes I know this is a joke thread but I couldn't help but be supercereal.

EXCELSIOR

[The Valkyrie]

Ban men - problem mostly solved.

[psychoslice]

Or ban women, problem solved lol.