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> Sandy Harris wrote:
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> > I thought the drug laws were the main reason, though.
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> I thought we just had a round of statistics on this?
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> The main reason is that the US has a higher incidence
> of violent crime.
I don't know about that, according to these guys
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita
we're only 24th in murders.
yrs wdk