'Your "unarmed, civil police force" doesn't seem to be doing a very good job.
According to the US Department of Justice, in the years between 1981-1996, the rates of burglaries, assaults and motor vehicle thefts in the UK, actually reached and surpassed rates in the US. '
LOL - the figures from you govt disagree with the ones from Nationmaster.Com - I wonder who is the unbised one with a political point to make? ;-)
'More burglaries? Surely not! Could it possibly have something to do with the fact that the bad guys know the homeowner is unarmed? '
Evidently not - I'm a homeowner and I'm armed. It just means in the UK a burglar doesn't need to carry a gun as the homeowner probably won't have one. In the US a burglar must carry a gun, which is why your murder rate makes ours look highly insignificant.
'However, if gangs and quarrelling idiots popping each other is the price I have to pay for being able to defend myself and repel burglars, I'm all for it.'
Good for you. I have three guns to defend myself with and repel burglars.
*Shrug*.
I quoted you the official government figures from the US DOJ.
If you think that the DOJ is simply making them up for the purposes of making Britain look bad, then that's up to you.