As a result of all this scrutiny, there tends to be, in my opinion, a 'thank God we're not American' attitude among Canadians (and perhaps Europeans as well).
When we step away and soberly examine the facts, Canadian violent crime is not a whole better than American crime and in some instances, even surpasses it (same with Europe). It's true U.S. murder rates (though gradually declining for decades) remain higher (some argue drug related gang wars spike those figures up), all other violent crimes are higher in Canada and Europe.
This is not to make an assertion of any kind either way but intended to simply highlight a reality.
Canada's 'Highway of Tears' is a notorious stretch of highway in beautiful, mysterious, majestic British Columbia. And not unlike the serene and magnificent New England natural landscape, it carries a creepy edge.
As many as 43 women have disappeared (although I wonder how many men) or been murdered in this 814 mile stretch. So vast a stretch, authorities are over matched in attempting to solve the case and have wondered if multiple serial killers roam or lurk about the area.
Whatever the case, none of the cases have been solved leaving this one of North America's most dangerous place.
Scary. As for the U.S. murder rate, I don't think there is much doubt anymore that the difference relates to gang violence.
ReplyDelete"It isn’t the bitter gun-and-bible clingers in McCain and Romney territory who are racking up a more horrifying annual kill rate than Al Qaeda; it’s Obama’s own voting base."-http://www.frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/america-doesnt-have-a-gun-problem-it-has-a-gang-problem/
Yeah, it really doesn't take much to research and interpret those stats. Blows my mind how, gun-control activists and anti-Americans alike, continue to pump up their agenda with misleading facts.
ReplyDeleteWill check that and the link to Rutherford. Thanks.