"about a year ago a post office here got held up for cash with a BB shotgun"
Thats sad. Who the hell would be scared of a bb gun. They may sting.. but walking in with a steak knife would have about as much a correlation.
"All I know, is the UK has very low crime rates. Hell....more people are shot in the U.S. every year, than there are in the rest of the (civilized) world combined. "
Actually.. The UK has a higher violent crime rate per capita then the US. In addition to as said above:
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Actually the UK was 2nd behind the USA in crime in industrialized nations about 4 years ago - who knows if it any better today *shrug*
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"According to a recent UN study, England and Wales have the highest crime rate and worst record for "very serious" offences of the 18 industrial countries surveyed.
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"But despite, or because, of this, violent crime in America has been plummeting for 10 consecutive years, even as British violence has been rising. By 1995 English rates of violent crime were already far higher than America's for every major violent crime except murder and rape. "
"You are now six times more likely to be mugged in London than New York."
Canada and Australia also have an increasing violent crime problem as compared to US's decreasing one.