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Originally posted by jaguar
Better late than never.
As for the fire extinguisher analergy - last i checked the primary purpose of having a fire extinguisher in your home was not to kil people.
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That study was OK as far as it goes - of course the murder rate in the US has gone WAY down since that study was published nearly 4 years ago, using data from about 6 years ago, and England's and Japan's murder rate has gone way up.
Japan is an interesting case - if you combine the murder and suicide rates of both Japan and the US, you will find they are very similar - In the US, we tend to kill other people when we don't fit in, and/or are angry. In Japan, the culture is that the problem is "me", and so not to bring shame on your family, you kill yourself