Die Nutzung von Schusswaffen im Dienst ist bei der Polizei in Deutschland leicht zurückgegangen: Im vergangenen Jahr schossen Beamte 36-mal auf Personen. Sechs Menschen starben, 15 wurden verletzt.
Officers shoot fewr times on duty
The use of firearms on duty by police in Germany was a bit reduced: In the last year Officers shot 36 times on people. Six people died, 15 were injured.
Germany has a bit over 80 million people. Seems to me that either the police in Germany has little to do with violent crime, or they stay in their preceinct offices and don't venture out.
"Mike Marlow" wrote in news:24120$4fb2b0f1$4b75eb81$ snipped-for-privacy@ALLTEL.NET:
Do I really have to spell it out? Somehow it at least /seems/ that German society is a lot safer than many US places (these days). Question is what makes it so??
Digging into the crevices of my mind to pull things out from my past.... Leaving out all the academic lingo.... cross-national non-war violence rates are mostly tied to the median age of the population and the proportion of males to females.... police shootings are tied to violence levels so police shootings are also tied to median age and gender ratio.
A real simple comparison of U.S. vs Germany rates for example:
Gender ratio (males/females) Median Age Total Ages 15-64 US 44.30 .97 1.00 Germany 36.80 .97 1.04
Which suggests that median age is the primary influence here... older people do less violence. Thanks go to my former associate Glenn Deane,
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for his study on cross-national homicide statistics.
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generally, non-war violence/homicide has little to nothing to do with gun availability as weapons substitution comes into play. Whether it's knives, bats, weapons of opportunity, or feet, things other than guns can kill depending upon how the force is applied. Having more handguns in circulation compared to rifles and shotguns, and better medical care helps the homicide rates too... less lethal wounds coupled with better care.
Getting back on topic... I'll take a gun stock made of a nicely figured piece of hand rubbed oiled walnut over a "black gun" any day! ;~)
After Katrina, the number of violent criminals increased dramatically.
Fortunately, they killed each other off with great alacrity as they tried to sort out gang boundaries.
Those that didn't get killed, came face to face with Texas justice. I had more than one Houston cop tell me a common refrain was "Whatcha mean I can't be moseyin' thru my 'hood with a malt and a toke? I could back home!" Those with that attitude are now in the Grey Bar Hotel.
It's not all bad. Katrina broke the legacy of dependency. Imagine those Katria displaced persons who were relocated to, oh, Billings, Montana or Salt Lake City. A common refrain seemed to be: "Youz mean all I gots to do all day is stand behind dis counter and make Slurpies? And I gets PAID for it? Damn, that be cool!"
Liberals that want to blame the parents instead of the child. Lack of appropriate punishment for the crime. Kids being taught that every one is equal and entitled to the same things even if they don't work. Government breeding poverty by welfare programs that do not require certain people to work.
Leon wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
This "liberal" would hope that some time soon every child may get the same opportunities to excel, and that there will be parents, teachers, friends and acquaintances who all will encourage each child to fully exploit his/her potential. Then all can be rewarded as to their efforts, be they plumber, carpenter, professor or president.
There is enough blame to go around in the current system of dumping children onto the "system". Parents, teachers, politicians especially can be assigned blame as you see fit ...
I have go to say while it does not seem that every child in the US has an equal opportunity, a majority of them have a better opportunity than say 80% of the rest of the kids in the world.
So I say give the kids "equal opportunity" but no special privileges for a particular race.
Leon wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
That may be true when comparing US kids to zimbabwean kids. Unfortunately, the baseline from which US kids in a poor ghetto-like neighborhood/city start out is different compared to what kids from rich suburban towns experience (or can experience - there is a lot of neglect of varying sorts there too). Our US school systems do fall down on the job unless kids and/or parents and/or teachers exert special efforts, and too few anywhere care.
Leon wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
Liberals (do/should) not blame the parents, at least not always. Bringing up kids is not an easy task, for anyone. My better half did most of the work, but I believe we have instilled work and other ethics in our kids and grandkids. Everyone does start out equal, but due to their own limitations or circumstances within or beyond their control, they do not end up equal. While your perception of "welfare" may be colored by your experiences, education and welfare and p[overty are separate things. They do affect each other, of course.
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