Indeed, the US has around 6 times the UK population so youwill expect 6x the number of shootings purely by the odds. Then quite obviously the easier access to firearms increases the chances somewhat but it is nard to see how much.
ANOTHER shooting at a US school
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Indeed, the US has around 6 times the UK population so youwill expect 6x the number of shootings purely by the odds. Then quite obviously the easier access to firearms increases the chances somewhat but it is nard to see how much.
What you should really compare them to, is Canada.
They have the same access to guns, yet, they do not kill each other...?
What on earth are you on about. Is this your argument for the legalisation of carrying guns?
And anyone you don't like, or your cheating wife, or that idiot that pull out in front of you and smashed your bumper, or that drunk guy who poured his pint glass in your croch.
Comparing nukes to hand guns is idiotic and even within the realms of nuclear weapons MAD is not assured under all conditions making the very dangerous.
Wow I'm surprised we've gone this far without the pro-gun bridage getting up in arms
Boooooo hissssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!
Wow, I don't even know how to begin arguing with that.
Not really, Canada has 11 times less people living there? Taking that into account and looking at recorded incidents in the us and Canada it would seem the number of school shots per head of population is approximately the same.
It would make more sense to compare the US with Canada than the UK, due to access to firearms.
No actually, every piece of documentation or statistic I can see, per head, Canada, and every other country in the world, is much, much lower than the US.
That's slightly different to what you first said. I inferred from your first statement that you were claiming that Americans have a generally lower level of education. Now you seem to be claiming everyone is stupid which I'd probably almost agree with.
I don't know the figures but I'd say the level of education in the US is lower than the average
Couple that with firearms everywhere you look it's a recipe for disaster.
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yup, thats what they will say. they will skip over the fact that this happens in the USA much more than many countries and their easy access to guns. but hey, shooting schoolmates is in their constitution isnt it?
Let's say that's the case... where's the easy way out for yourself?
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Ironically, the usual argument for the second amendment is the right to use guns to protect yourself and yet none of the victims at any of these school shootings has had a gun to protect themselves.
I hope no one was mortally wounded
all they then say is that all students should pack heat. 'they wouldnt be able to do it if everyone was armed' - stupid american logic.
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never mind that, which school has all those shootings? <probably wildly inappropriate joke alert>
I even gave you a nice get out of looking like a silly card, but you've gone and jumped right in there.
According to Wiki (references at the bottom so you can explore the dataset yourself). The USA ranks higher than the UK in the UN Education Index. It places it at rank 20 (we're 30), out of 179. That's a fair bit above the average.
Link - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_Index
Wow I'm surprised we've gone this far without the pro-gun bridage getting up in arms
Says the man with firearm avatar.
They don't have as easy access like the U.S does where pretty much anyone can own a firearm regardless of their motives.
Perhaps, but this has nothing to do with education. Just because some students know more about algebra or thermodynamics doesn't mean they also gain a greater sense of ethics.