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Not a good catch since assault does not require physical contact in most,if not all,US states either.
Well, we have simple assault/aggravated assault/battery/etc. Then the wording varies by jurisdiction. Then you have to take into account what each prosecutor likes to actually bring charges against. Then you have pleas and cases overturned on appeal that have to do with technicalities...
So I should have never even mentioned the rates because there are too many variables not only worldwide but right here in the U.S.
Not a good catch since assault does not require physical contact in most,if not all,US states either.
But crime statistics often include assault and battery together. The difference is simple assault/battery or aggravated. The latter being the only felony.
Statistics don't typically list battery as its own crime statistic that i've seen.
The answer is neither and the question is preposterous.. The only thing that will 'curb'(silly use of word) it is more responsible gun owners. More responsible gun owners come from a more responsible culture. The culture of America is that of irresponsibility for many reasons but the primary reason for irresponsibility is irresponsibility itself. Irresponsibility creates and propagates more irresponsibility.
The crony capitalist/socialistic(two sides of the same coin) economic system, bad parenting and the media have caused the culture of gun violence to increase.
The roots of responsible people are sown by responsible parents. When people replace this basic necessity and think the government is their parent and role model instead of good responsible people bad things happen.
When the war and welfare culture that hat been happening for centuries is replaced with personal responsibility then all types of violence and poor behavior will diminish. The system is broken and the economic system is a farce. People have failed the test of liberty and freedom all around.
I agree with you mostly, we do have a culture of irresponsibility whether it be guns, obesity, having children, or they way we drive our cars. We always assume someone will bail out bad choices.
We can measure gun violence, since all countries view homicide by gun the same.
Homicide is a legal term. So you are going by conviction rates/admissions by jurisdictions. And the definition of homicide varies across those jurisdictions. Plea deals, bad courts are problematic.
Also, access to medical care is a factor. Folks get shot in a less medically-developed country and they are more likely to die.
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