At 3.80 million square miles (9.85 million km2) and with over 320 million people, the United States is the world's fourth-largest country by total area and third most populous. It is one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries.

Just thinking...

The USA is The World.
Those who repeatedly attack The USA: Are attacking their own people, who immigrated.

Hehehe.
I dont know if this true but...
There are more people in the US with Swedish origin then Swedes in Sweden with a Swedish origin:)

*Note: fatalities listed are only those involved in cases where excessive force or unnecessary force was reported. This does not include all fatalities related to police use of force.

This is a bit disturbing to me from one of your links.
Few Police Prosecutions in Shooting Cases.
Scandinavia as well...

This is a bit disturbing to me from one of your links.
Few Police Prosecutions in Shooting Cases.

I guess you mean this, The Washington Post April 11, 2015:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2015/04/11/thousands-dead-few-prosecuted/

Thousands dead, few prosecuted
Among the thousands of fatal shootings at the hands of police since 2005, only 54 officers have been charged, a Post analysis found. Most were cleared or acquitted in the cases that have been resolved.

That only 54 officers have been charged of fatal shootings last ten years in a country with over 320 millions peoples seems to me very strange.
Thats about 5 police officers per year.
Shit happens in every country...

Is 54 too much, too little, correct?
Please, noting All Police Shootings, and the subsequent investigation, what the number should be.

I have no idea Clyde.
But something is wrong here.
Both my gutfeeling and my statistical mind tells me that:)
According to the stats given by a SETI member the US would be the safest place in the World.
Global Peace Index
The world's leading measure of national peacefulness, the GPI measures peace according to 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators.
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/contact
USA are ranked 101 of 162 nations.
Sweden are ranked 11 of 162 nations.

The USA is a Completely Armed Nation (including Good Guy and Bad Guy).
The total number of guns is about 270,000,000. With 34% of households, with children under 18, possessing guns.
Therefore: The number of Police Shooting, seem much less than they should be.
Of course, I have not included Knives, Machete's, Hatchets,., etc.

Stats again Clyde.
There are some countries in the World households that possesses about the same amount of guns per capita as the US.
Sweden, Norway, Finland and Canada for instance.
Soo... :)

My father had a service pistol.
My brother was convicted for illegal weapon possession when driving a cab at nights and had some pepperspray in the cab.
A friend of mine's father had his shotgun and his hunting rifle on the wall.
That friend goes and hunt moose every autumn.
Last year with his son.
That friend's wife have a certificate to hunt.

And...
Every year in the U.S., an average of more than 100,000 people are shot, according to The Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence...
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/16/16547690-just-the-facts-gun-violence-in-america?lite

But that has nothing to do with how many guns a country has.
Yes. the US has a wierd culture how to use guns.
From the beginning, I think, it was a lot of rebels around after the civil wars that threatened civilians.
After that cowboys that had a lot of guns to kill critters when they moved them around the US.

American Gun Culture is about using guns.

There is a gun culture that is separate from the arrogance and self righteousness culture?

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In the US in 2011 there were 10.30 gun deaths per 100k population. (Source)
That's far too high. In the UK there were 0.25 per 100k.
I'm staying well away from America. And all the other countries above it on that list.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

In the US in 2011 there were 10.30 gun deaths per 100k population. (Source)
That's far too high. In the UK there were 0.25 per 100k.
I'm staying well away from America. And all the other countries above it on that list.

Oops compared with GLobal Piece Index.
Ukraine 0.20 GPI rank 141
Sweden 1.47 GPI rank 11
Iceland 1.57 GPI rank 1
USA 10.30 GPI rank 101
http://www.visionofhumanity.org/#/page/contact

More stats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country
Watch out. Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland has a LOT of guns:)

More stats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country
Watch out. Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland has a LOT of guns:)

Still a long way below the US though, hardly surprising, America practically gives them away in breakfast cereal.

UK is down at 6.6/100, and i'm one of them. :)

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

More stats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country
Watch out. Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland has a LOT of guns:)

How many people, per capita, do these gun possessors shoot?

US, 90 guns/100 people. 10.30 deaths/100k
Sweden, 31.6 guns/100 people. 1.47 deaths/100k
Norway, 31.3 guns/100 people. 1.78 deaths/100k
UK, 6.6 guns/100 people. 0.25 deaths/100k

Dividing deaths by guns gives:



Clearly showing the US to be twice as violent per gun than Norway, over twice as Sweden and nearly three times as the UK.

Next...

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

More stats.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country
Watch out. Sweden, Norway, Iceland and Finland has a LOT of guns:)

How many people, per capita, do these gun possessors shoot?

Probably something like 10 rounds per year in the forest if they are lucky.
Most rounds are shot in shooting ranges...
When I was in the army I Think I shot a magasin all together.
One time a handgranade and one shot with a RPG.

I forgot Canada in my list:)
30.8 guns per 100 capita.

Still a long way below the US though, hardly surprising, America practically gives them away in breakfast cereal.

Just a 'Cultural Difference'.

What ever happened to The Left celebrating 'Cultural Diversity'?

Cultural diversity is one thing, a country full of lethal killing devices is quite another!

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

You have to broaden your thinking.

Celebrating 'Cultural Diversity' is Celebrating All Cultures. Not just the ones acceptable to The Left.

Correct?

Many African countries have a 'culture' of practicing FGM. Should we celebrate that?
(The correct answer is no!)

We should celebrate those cultural aspects that contribute to improving life. We should disparage and eventually eradicate those which worsen it.
America possessing nearly as many guns as people falls firmly into the latter category.

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

You have to broaden your thinking.
Celebrating 'Cultural Diversity' is Celebrating All Cultures. Not just the ones acceptable to The Left.
Correct?

Many African countries have a 'culture' of practicing FGM. Should we celebrate that?
(The correct answer is no!)
We should celebrate those cultural aspects that contribute to improving life. We should disparage and eventually eradicate those which worsen it.
America possessing nearly as many guns as people falls firmly into the latter category.

The The Left has to change 'Celebrating Cultural Diversity' to 'Celebrating Acceptable Cultural Diversity'.
Correct?
BTW: I have no problem with the change.

The Left? Sounds more like PC to me...

Many African countries have a 'culture' of practicing FGM. Should we celebrate that?
(The correct answer is no!)

We should celebrate those cultural aspects that contribute to improving life. We should disparage and eventually eradicate those which worsen it.
America possessing nearly as many guns as people falls firmly into the latter category.

The The Left has to change 'Celebrating Cultural Diversity' to 'Celebrating Acceptable Cultural Diversity'.

Correct?

BTW: I have no problem with the change.

I think the meaning behind 'Celebrating cultural diversity' ought be obvious to anyone with half a brain.

By the way, as someone so quick to demand answers from others, hopefully you won't mind me requesting your response to this...

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Life on earth is the global equivalent of not storing things in the fridge.

A Left Wing concoction, regarding Controlling Peoples Words, Thinking, and Actions, acceptable to Them.

I see. I Think we have word for Them.
"Moral Majority":)

Right wing Carl Bildt's favorite expression for the Left wing "The Red and Green Concoction"

I once back in 1974 met a US police officer, from NYPD I Think, that felt the full force of the law.
He was on honeymoon on a Greece Island and committed a crime.
Yes. The crime was sunbathing naked in Greece.
His punishment was harsh.
He couldn't sit because his rear end was sun burned.
I dont think his becoming wife had the same problem...

Of those, 14 have been executed or died in prison

Hopefully, 'Statute of Limitations' are not involved.

There is no 'Statute of Limitations' on murder.

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