Beer gut saves fat mans life in thug attack

[johnny]

Originally posted by Talthyr Malkaviel: quote: Originally posted by Melkor, The Dark Lord: LOL If it doesn't kill your liver first.

Not likely Melkor, Johnny traded his liver for a crate of beer years back. [img]tongue.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]You remembered..... i'm amazed !

[Oblivion437]

Then use a baseball bat and bash his brains in. Much more effective.
Also, ever notice that your countries with such wonderful gun restrictions have much higher violent crime rates? Personally, I'd rather lose my skull than a lung and 2 feet of intestines and bleed to death.

[ 08-26-2002, 11:07 AM: Message edited by: Oblivion437 ]

[Lanesra]

Originally posted by Oblivion437: Then use a baseball bat and bash his brains in. Much more effective. Also, ever notice that your countries with such wonderful gun restrictions have much higher violent crime rates? Personally, I'd rather lose my skull than a lung and 2 feet of intestines and bleed to death.

Not to many pupils walking into school and blasting several classmate though!!

Where do you get your crime rate details from the NRA ?

[johnny]

Originally posted by Oblivion437: Then use a baseball bat and bash his brains in. Much more effective. Also, ever notice that your countries with such wonderful gun restrictions have much higher violent crime rates? Personally, I'd rather lose my skull than a lung and 2 feet of intestines and bleed to death.

I'm not sure where you think we're coming from then, Colombia perhaps ?

[LennonCook]

Originally posted by Oblivion437: Then use a baseball bat and bash his brains in. Much more effective. Also, ever notice that your countries with such wonderful gun restrictions have much higher violent crime rates? Personally, I'd rather lose my skull than a lung and 2 feet of intestines and bleed to death.

But far less of armed violent crime; or of murder.
Infact, the US has the highest rate of murder and manslaughter in the world AFAIK. Says alot to me...

[Donut]

Originally posted by Oblivion437: Then use a baseball bat and bash his brains in. Much more effective. Also, ever notice that your countries with such wonderful gun restrictions have much higher violent crime rates? Personally, I'd rather lose my skull than a lung and 2 feet of intestines and bleed to death.

I've never wondered that because it's not true. You can't compare all violent crimes between countries because there are differences in definition of what is a 'violent crime' and differences in the level of crime that is reported.

One thing you can do is compare the level of homicides between different countries. Firstly because homicide is almost 100% reported and recorded (for obvious reasons), and secondly because the definition of homicide is virtually universal.

So here goes Oblivion, here are some facts - not heresay, not opinion and not NRAspeak.

The level of homicides per 100,000 people in 1999:

England and Wales 1.45
USA 6.26

If you want to check the facts look at table 1.1 here: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/hosb601.pdf

[ 08-27-2002, 11:33 AM: Message edited by: Donut ]