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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

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  • Lol, the US homicide rate is 7x the UK. Explain that

    Sure... Gangs and drug trafficking.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_population

    Specifically from Central and South Americas. The SHEER number difference between the HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS vs how many you got over there in the UK?

    • Never been to Glasgow then?

      • Never been to Glasgow then?

        Nope I haven't... Been all over Germany and Poland, also incidentally to Romania and Ireland in a very limited fashion. But I did eventually find an answer to my own question...

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gangs_in_the_United_Kingdom

        In 2018 there were 4,629 criminal gangs and syndicates in Britain, employing 33,598 professional gangsters.

        Which translates to about 5 per 10000 people are in a gang in Britain...

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang_population

        an estimated 1.4 million in 33,000 gangs in 2011.[1][2][3] About 900,000 gang members lived "within local communities across the country", and about 147,000 were in U.S. prisons or jails in 2009.[4]

        Which translates to about... 42 per 10000 people are in a gang here in USA...

        So a 5-6times increase in homicide lines up basically perfectly.

        Edit: whoops used the wrong number initially... it's much higher...

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