You can drive the numbers even lower than that
random thoughts Send a noteboard - 30/12/2010 03:15:54 PM
If you only look at murders perpetrated by white people it is 7%. There were 412 murders in 2009 so that would make murders by white people 29 assuming the average holds. There are a million white people in Norway so thier rate is still lower but the numbers are small enough to be comparable. It does undermine the argument that America’s murder rate is a gun control issue. White people in NYC have access to guns but the have comparable murder rates gun free Norway. The real problem is the drug trade in minority urban areas.
31 people murdered in Norway this year. Do you know what this means?
- 28/12/2010 12:36:45 PM
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Re: 31 people murdered in Norway this year. Do you know what this means?
- 28/12/2010 01:21:31 PM
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That reminds me:
- 28/12/2010 02:55:35 PM
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The average American prefers guns when killing. As Joel is hardly average, carry on. 
*NM*
- 28/12/2010 05:20:37 PM
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- 28/12/2010 05:20:37 PM
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Well, he is from Texas. I saw this documentary from there once. *NM*
- 29/12/2010 12:18:27 AM
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That's insane ... I found the interactive murder map for NYC
- 29/12/2010 05:42:47 AM
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interesting map
- 29/12/2010 03:17:31 PM
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8% of 3780 is 302 not 40 - but yes, very disproportionate. *NM*
- 30/12/2010 11:36:31 AM
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302 total over 7 years, for an average of 43 per year: a 43% increase over Norway. *NM*
- 30/12/2010 01:57:35 PM
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You can drive the numbers even lower than that
- 30/12/2010 03:15:54 PM
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