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jonbwfc wrote:
JJW009 wrote:
Presumably everyone is taught all about armed combat in the dark from the age of 2 in such a hell-hole. As I said earlier, what a terrifying place to live.

You've still got statistically less chance of being shot to death in SA than in the US.


On what basis? Per 100,000 of population the gun death rate in SA is higher than it is in the USA (very nearly double in the link below).
In absolute numbers terms more people probably die in the USA but it's a much bigger country.
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I'm sure there was also something on the BBC website but I'm struggling to find it.

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davrosG5 wrote:

Holy Carp some of those figures are scary. Compare Japan and Azerbaijan(!?) which are equal safest, to a few familiar countries:

3x as likely to be shot in the UK
9x as likely in Spain
15x in Ireland or Australia
43x in France !!
146x in USA
264x in South Africa
678x in Jamaica

I thought Jamaica was supposed to be chilled out man?

I knew the French were crazy, but 5x crazier than the Spanish? And I thought my parents were being paranoid because they won't go outside during hunting season.

I'm never going anywhere more dangerous than France - off season.

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