I don't know TOM, but seems that the USA ain't so bad, but just seems some like to think it is because they can't figure a way to get there and stay.
Don't really see the difference if you shot or killed in some other way,, dead is still dead..
Britain, Australia top U.S.<br> in violent crime
Britain, Australia top U.S.
in violent crime
Rates Down Under increase despite strict gun-control measures
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By Jon Dougherty
© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com
Law enforcement and anti-crime activists regularly claim that the United States tops the charts in most crime-rate categories, but a new international study says that America's former master -- Great Britain -- has much higher levels of crime.
The International Crime Victims Survey, conducted by Leiden University in Holland, found that England and Wales ranked second overall in violent crime among industrialized nations.
Twenty-six percent of English citizens -- roughly one-quarter of the population -- have been victimized by violent crime. Australia led the list with more than 30 percent of its population victimized.
The United States didn't even make the "top 10" list of industrialized nations whose citizens were victimized by crime.
Jack Straw, the British home secretary, admitted that "levels of victimization are higher than in most comparable countries for most categories of crime."