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Originally posted by Seraph:
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Originally posted by dplax:
Europe has 750 million people, yet we haven't had anything like this since I'm following the news (9-10 years).
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I can recall atleast two:
In 2002 a 19 year old gunman killed sixteen students in Erfurt Germany.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1952869.stm
Also in 2002 a 17 year old gunman killed a teacher and wounded a second in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/1958400.stm [/QUOTE]Bosnia is not really Europe, it what would have been called the near East. Recent geo-political moves have made it become consiered a part of Europe It has different cultural values and traditions i think. Not trying to be defensive, but even given Michael Moore's hyperbole, the US does seem to have a larger problem with gun crime than most, comparable nations, i.e. without on-going internal conflicts, developed and stable government e.t.c.
[ 03-26-2005, 05:41 AM: Message edited by: Aragorn1 ]