Paris Knife Attack: Man Shot Dead After Stabbing Bystanders

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

38 minutes ago, Bill & Katya said:

And you expect the police to keep you safe?  DO you have a police officer follow you around everywhere?

Yes. The nanny state cradle to grave 

[Póg mo 1,749]

4 hours ago, Bill & Katya said:

And you expect the police to keep you safe?  DO you have a police officer follow you around everywhere?

I have survived so far. Maybe I'm just lucky?

 

It's interesting that you seem to believe that Europeans should have the access to guns as Americans, despite Europe's homocide rate been much, much, much less than that of the United States, despite having more people, and greater population density. Petty crime might be greater, but that's probably due to having more people of various social statuses living closer to each other.

[TBoneTX 46,058]

4 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Yes. The nanny state cradle to grave 

Don't express satisfaction until the cop also gives you an Obamaphone.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

33 minutes ago, Póg mo said:

I have survived so far. Maybe I'm just lucky?

 

It's interesting that you seem to believe that Europeans should have the access to guns as Americans, despite Europe's homocide rate been much, much, much less than that of the United States, despite having more people, and greater population density. Petty crime might be greater, but that's probably due to having more people of various social statuses living closer to each other.

except here a vast majority of the homicides can be attributed to a narrow demographic in a select few Cities.

[bcking 3,157]

7 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

except here a vast majority of the homicides can be attributed to a narrow demographic in a select few Cities.

How do you define "select few cities"?

 

London's homicide rate is about 1.2 per 100,000 (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-43628494)

United Kingdom's homicide rate is 0.92 per 100,00 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate)

 

https://www.statista.com/statistics/718903/murder-rate-in-us-cities-in-2015/

 

According to this data there are 76 cities (just cities with populations >250,000) that have higher homicide rates that London (Might be off by 1 or 2, I had to count it and scroll the screen down as I went). That is 92% of all cities with populations >250,000 (83 cities according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population#United_States)

 

Is 76 (or 92%) of cities "a few"?

Edited May 14, 2018 by bcking

[Boiler 46,015]

36 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

except here a vast majority of the homicides can be attributed to a narrow demographic in a select few Cities.

Pretty sure you are not allowed to mention that, certainly not in London, or Paris.

[bcking 3,157]

Just now, Boiler said:

Pretty sure you are not allowed to mention that, certainly not in London, or Paris.

You probably shouldn't mention it also because it's not true.

[Boiler 46,015]

7 minutes ago, bcking said:

You probably shouldn't mention it also because it's not true.

Well that was not the reason.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

26 minutes ago, bcking said:

You probably shouldn't mention it also because it's not true.

 

  Yeah, that false statement (about homicide demographics) has been posted and repeated over and over on this site. It's sad that the folks that spend the most time criticizing fake information seem to have the least ability to actually recognize when they are actually exposed to it.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

The US murder rate was up again—and 20% of the national increase came in Chicago

 

https://qz.com/1086403/fbi-crime-statistics-us-murders-were-up-in-2016-and-chicago-had-a-lot-to-do-with-it/

[Steeleballz 7,550]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

The US murder rate was up again—and 20% of the national increase came in Chicago

 

https://qz.com/1086403/fbi-crime-statistics-us-murders-were-up-in-2016-and-chicago-had-a-lot-to-do-with-it/

 

  Didn't the Chicago numbers go down in 2017, or are you still catching up?

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

3 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

  Didn't the Chicago numbers go down in 2017, or are you still catching up?

 

I am not sure what did it say in the article 

[Dashinka 24,765]

2 hours ago, Póg mo said:

I have survived so far. Maybe I'm just lucky?

 

It's interesting that you seem to believe that Europeans should have the access to guns as Americans, despite Europe's homocide rate been much, much, much less than that of the United States, despite having more people, and greater population density. Petty crime might be greater, but that's probably due to having more people of various social statuses living closer to each other.

Unlike some here, I do not equate the homicide rate to the number of guns available, nor do I think the homicide rate will drop that much even if all the guns are confiscated.

[bcking 3,157]

21 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

The US murder rate was up again—and 20% of the national increase came in Chicago

 

https://qz.com/1086403/fbi-crime-statistics-us-murders-were-up-in-2016-and-chicago-had-a-lot-to-do-with-it/

Yet 92% of cities in the US still have higher murder rates than London.

 

I ask again - How do you define "a few"?

[Steeleballz 7,550]

7 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

 

I am not sure what did it say in the article 

 

  The article was from 2016. 

 

   No doubt Chicago has one of the highest rates in the country the last few years. The population base of Chicago and surrounding areas is close to 9.5 million people.  That's ~3% of the US population and every year until 2016, the murder totals were also ~3% of the total murders as well. There was a spike in 2016 which has been trending downwards since that year, but still higher than the historical rate.