I believe there are cultural differences also. <br><br><b><i>Andreas Schou <ophite@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> > I just did some googling on police killed in the line of duty world-wide. (Is it so rare in European countries that it is not even recorded?) Only the U.S. and the UK came up and the comparisons are stunning.<br>><br>> The figures for American police shot in the line of duty runs about 50-60 per year. The comparable figure in the UK is 1.8 per year.<br>><br>> Can any one explain to me, other than we are a very violent people, this 30-1 ratio?<br><br>First, we have five times the population of Britain, which brings the<br>ratio down to 5:1. Second, since you specifically mentioned "shot", we<br>have legal guns, and Britain does not. Problem solved.<br><br>-- ACS<br><br>> I grieve for our nation in general as well as my dear
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