Canadians crack down on guns, alarmed by flow from U.S.

[jam2016 10]

I wonder if there are any other statistics that can be used to explain lower crime in Canada

Don't look far. It's real simple why Canada has low crime rates. The Canada TV shows broadcast Justin Beiber 24 x 7!

[smilesammich 10,727]

Don't look far. It's real simple why Canada has low crime rates. The Canada TV shows broadcast Justin Beiber 24 x 7!

drake takes issue with this statement (on behalf of degrassi and the canada tv)

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

I wonder if there are any other statistics that can be used to explain lower crime in Canada

The states that have similar crime numbers to Canada have two other similarities to Canada:

1: Similar demographics (lack of ethnic diversity in the population)

2: Population Density

#1 You see this in western and western-style countries and to a lesser extent in others - Japan being a prime example with extremely low crime. You also see it in the rise in crime rates in Europe in countries who started the diversity push in the 80's and 90's. It may work itself out in a generation or two.

Edited February 16, 2016 by OnMyWayID

[TENBILLIONDOLLARS 216]

I hear the 9mm Beretta adds great flavor to soups and stews.

Soup? Stew? That's low energy food for low energy losers. Me, I run with the wolves and I leave the sheep behind, alone to be slaughtered. Why not? What good are they? I got no use for sheep. But I can understand you having a soft spot for them. You probably feel "compassion", what a joke. They're a waste of space. If they were people id call em losers but I won't call them that, okay? I won't. They're losers. There. I didn't say it. I'm told I shouldn't say that. I don't know about you but I'm tired of pussyfooting around the truth, of all the political correctness. It's sick. Sick. It's an actual illness, folks. It rots your head from the inside so's the only option left is to break it with an iron bat and sweep away the pieces. Be done with it. Amirite? Huh? You know I am. I'm always right. I'm usually always right. Eh, I try to be humble but it doesn't work. Edited February 16, 2016 by TENBILLIONDOLLARS

[Teddy B 17,252]

The states that have similar crime numbers to Canada have two other similarities to Canada:

1: Similar demographics (lack of ethnic diversity in the population)

2: Population Density

#1 You see this in western and western-style countries and to a lesser extent in others - Japan being a prime example with extremely low crime. You also see it in the rise in crime rates in Europe in countries who started the diversity push in the 80's and 90's. It may work itself out in a generation or two.

Japan has some of the strictest gun laws in the world, not really a fair comparison to either Canada or the states.

I think if you look hard enough, you'll find that the states with low crime numbers also have very low poverty numbers as well. Usually when people have the money to buy what they need to survive, they don't go stealing it..........usually.

Edited February 16, 2016 by Teddy B

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

but shirley you have some inklings you could share? since you're manning an actual pooter..

I just get tired of reporting the same ol facts ad nausem

I will give you a nibble. 3% of a certain demographic commits 46%+ of the violent crime. Fix that and we would have a very low ranking nationally on the homicide list

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

Japan has some of the strictest gun laws in the world, not really a fair comparison to either Canada or the states.

The non-gun crime rate is also much much lower that every other western country

[OnMyWayID 1,489]

I just get tired of reporting the same ol facts ad nausem

I will give you a nibble. 3% of a certain demographic commits 46%+ of the violent crime. Fix that and we would have a very low ranking nationally on the homicide list

Nobody wants to hear it - if a hypothesis does not follow what people want to be true or the facts point out something that is not politically correct then they are to be ignored.

[smilesammich 10,727]

I just get tired of reporting the same ol facts ad nausem

I will give you a nibble. 3% of a certain demographic commits 46%+ of the violent crime. Fix that and we would have a very low ranking nationally on the homicide list

i don't follow. what is canada's comparable demographic?

[Teddy B 17,252]

i don't follow. what is canada's comparable demographic?

Poutine Aye!

[TENBILLIONDOLLARS 216]

the absence of light.

[Teddy B 17,252]

[Sousuke 1,214]

I cook with mine. The commies down the street think I'm crazy but when it hits the fan and they want food I'll eat and they'll go hungry who's the crazy kook now huh? That'll show em. Pathetic losers.

After cleaning them, I put blackpowder guns in the oven on a low temp.

Seriously.

[Sousuke 1,214]

The non-gun crime rate is also much much lower that every other western country

Japan has disarmed the population since the Tokugawa Shogunate formed which was over 400 years ago.

They also have a much different way of policing. There is a Koban in every neighborhood practically.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

Ok here are some facts.

For bonus head spins I pulled them from Info wars. They are readily verifiable anywhere. This si the real root of the violence problem in the US. It's the scarlet letter none dares speak of

http://www.infowars.com/black-crime-facts-that-the-white-liberal-media-darent-talk-about/

– FACT: Despite making up just 13% of the population, blacks commit around half of homicides in the United States. DOJ statistics show that between 1980 and 2008, blacks committed 52% of homicides, compared to 45% of homicides committed by whites.

More up to date FBI statistics tell a similar story. In 2013, black criminals carried out 38% of murders, compared to 31.1% for whites, again despite the fact that there are five times more white people in the U.S.

– FACT: From 2011 to 2013, 38.5 per cent of people arrested for murder, manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault were black. This figure is three times higher than the 13% black population figure. When you account for the fact that black males aged 15-34, who account for around 3% of the population, are responsible for the vast majority of these crimes, the figures are even more staggering.

– FACT: Despite the fact that black people commit an equal or greater number of violent crimes than whites, whites are almost TWICE as likely to be killed by police officers.

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control, between 1999 and 2011, 2,151 whites died as a result of being shot by police compared to 1,130 blacks.

Critics argue that black people are overrepresented in these figures because they only represent 13% of the population, but they areunderrepresented if you factor in violent crime offenders. In other words, you would expect the number of blacks and whites killed by police to be roughly equal given that they commit a roughly equal number of violent crimes, but that’s not the case. Whites are nearly 100% more likely to be victims.

And what about black on white violence in general?

– FACT: Despite being outnumbered by whites five to one, blacks commiteight times more crimes against whites than vice-versa, according to FBI statistics from 2007. A black male is 40 times as likely to assault a white person as the reverse. These figures also show that interracial rape is almost exclusively black on white.

“Even allowing for the existence of discrimination in the criminal justice system, the higher rates of crime among black Americans cannot be denied,” wrote James Q. Wilson and Richard Herrnstein in their widely cited 1985 study, “Crime and Human Nature.” “Every study of crime using official data shows blacks to be overrepresented among persons arrested, convicted, and imprisoned for street crimes.”

It’s clear that the greater propensity for black people to commit violent crimes is a driving factor as to why blacks are becoming involved in more violent confrontations with police than their 13% population figure suggests they should be. If the 911 calls are coming from black areas and are related to black people committing violent crimes, then of course black people are more likely to be involved in violent confrontations with cops.

Does that justify police brutality in cases such as Freddie Gray, Walter Scott or Eric Garner? No. But it does demolish the ‘Black Lives Matter’ narrative that the general trend of black people being victims of violent encounters with police is solely down to the fact that cops are racist towards black people. Racism is a factor, but the statistics clearly show that it’s by no means the only factor, and some would argue not even the dominant factor.

But aren’t all these statistics undermined by the fact that black people are unfairly targeted and framed for crimes by police officers in the first place? Don’t higher arrest and conviction rates of blacks merely prove that police are racist? This argument is debunked by looking at the proportion of offenders identified – not by police – but by victims – as black. TheNational Crime Victimization Survey shows that the number of blacks arrested generally correlates with the number of offenders identified as black by victims.

Studies suggest that the reasons behind blacks being more likely to commit violent crimes are the dual issues of poverty (which exacerbates family breakdown) and a sub-culture amongst the black community that is tolerant of and glamorizes crime and violence. In the aftermath of the Ferguson and Baltimore riots, we saw the white metropolitan liberal media further legitimize this violence by openly justifying and even endorsing violent unrest that targeted mainly black-owned businesses.

This is true racism – by encouraging blacks to loot and riot, the white liberal media is helping to keep black communities in a cycle of destructive behavior that will lead to more police brutality targeted against black people.

Police brutality is a huge problem within the United States, and anyone that denies that fact is a part of the problem. But until we acknowledge and address the equally important issue of violent criminality within the black community, and until that becomes part of the national conversation, the issue is never going to be resolved.

And by failing to make these facts part of the conversation, black political leaders, protest organizers, and the white liberal media is complicit in perpetuating the chain reaction of violence that makes more police brutality against black people an inevitable outcome.