[marktwain]

The table referred to in the text can be seen at the link.

I do not believe that poverty causes crime, at least after certain basic needs for food and shelter are met, as they have been in the United States for many decades. Poor people do not need to steal to eat in the United States. In the United States, poor people are fat.

In fact, it is exactly the opposite: Crime causes poverty.

[Anti-Bubba182]

The British are subjects, Americans are citizens. (as long as we have guns)

[Hodar]

There are approximately 90 guns for every 100 people in the US (a rate almost 15 times higher than England and Wales).

Funny, Gallup states that only 38% of American households report having a firearm.

Source.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

We had a conversation with the Brits a long time ago and told them what we think about their opinions.

The Brits are now busily removing the sharp points from their kitchen knives and I expect Styrofoam cricket bats will be next.

[Joe Brower]

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[Eagles6]

Yeah, I caught that. Actually the cause is greed, lust for power and tribalism.

[Jack Hydrazine]

What do you expect from someone who comes from a nation that has gone completely mad and insane and is also leading the West into the abyss of mass death and destruction.

Time to nuke the island from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.

[Sudetenland]

This idiot hits almost every liberal cliche I can think of . . . my favorite is poverty causes violence . . . LOL!!!

All you have to do is perform a simple demographics analysis of race v. poverty v. violence to discover that blacks are responsible for a disproportionate amount of the violence reported in our crime stats--and most of that against each other within their own communities.

Look solely at the murder/violent crimes rate of WHITE Americans and suddenly American violent crime stats drops to a level equal to or lower than all of those Euro-snarks.

[Talisker]

An Expat Brit Analyzes America's Gun Culture

Did Gary Younge get permission from his expat British overseer Imam to write his article?

[PapaBear3625]

I do not believe that poverty causes crime, at least after certain basic needs for food and shelter are met, as they have been in the United States for many decades. Poor people do not need to steal to eat in the United States. In the United States, poor people are fat. In fact, it is exactly the opposite: Crime causes poverty.

You got it. In the United States, unless you are mentally disabled or have severe physical handicaps, the only thing stopping you from being self-supporting is your own attitude. And by "mentally disabled" I do NOT mean "having an inclination to become addicted to drugs or alcohol".

A girl in poverty can become self sufficient by simply (1) staying in school, paying attention, and learning to read, write, and do arithmetic, (2) not having kids until you are married to a stable man who has a stable job, and (3) finding a stable man and being a good wife to him.

A boy in poverty can become self sufficient by (1) learning to read, write, and do arithmetic, 92) not committing any crimes, and 93) being willing to work.

It's not that hard.

[Still Thinking]

bflr

[from occupied ga]

In fact, it is exactly the opposite: Crime causes poverty.

I believe that was the topic of a Thomas Sowell column several years ago, and he concluded the same. That crime is one of the "root causes" of poverty, not the other way around.

[Eye of Unk]

No matter how powerful corrupt agencies become, how deeply embedded groups like the Communist Party USA becomes in politics, no matter how much Islam invades the courts, the schools, the military the bottom line is this.

The people have the final say.

Unlike in other countries where the people have been neutered into peasants in America the gun become the code of enforcement. the more the attempt to remove them the more people will buy ammunition.

Cannot be changed.