Gun Crime figures..
Jul 27th 2010, 6:43 am
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Re: Gun Crime figures..
First of all, ten people are killed on the roads everyday in the UK. A car is a loaded gun when driven badly.
We were in Melbourne on 21st June. We were walking from Parliament House down towards the MCG. Only by chance that we heard somewhere that a gunman was on the loose. What do you do? Hide? Or just carry on? We carried on like the hundreds of other people. It was all over the news, hideously over reported and hyped up, you'd think the whole of Melbourne had been in lock down. The news report bore no resemblance to what actually happened.
Either your number is up, or it isn't. The incidences of innocent people being killed or injured by a stranger are very small indeed.
We were in Melbourne on 21st June. We were walking from Parliament House down towards the MCG. Only by chance that we heard somewhere that a gunman was on the loose. What do you do? Hide? Or just carry on? We carried on like the hundreds of other people. It was all over the news, hideously over reported and hyped up, you'd think the whole of Melbourne had been in lock down. The news report bore no resemblance to what actually happened.
Either your number is up, or it isn't. The incidences of innocent people being killed or injured by a stranger are very small indeed.
Jul 27th 2010, 7:05 am
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Re: Gun Crime figures..
So what are those figures showing exactly?
Are they showing that Sydney has the same figure in gungrime per year, than the entire UK per year?
Are they showing that Sydney has the same figure in gungrime per year, than the entire UK per year?
Jul 27th 2010, 7:40 am
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Does Australia also have the problem of underage sex/pregnancy.
I think the statistics (i heard on the radio) a couple of years ago now over in the UK. Was something like 1 in 10 girls under the age of 14 have had some kind of sexual intercourse. I could be wrong but i think they were the statistics in about 2005 or 2006..
What's Australia like for this kind of thing?
I think the statistics (i heard on the radio) a couple of years ago now over in the UK. Was something like 1 in 10 girls under the age of 14 have had some kind of sexual intercourse. I could be wrong but i think they were the statistics in about 2005 or 2006..
What's Australia like for this kind of thing?
Jul 27th 2010, 7:52 am
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And they are also showing some Sydney gun crime figures broken down by local area, so that people can see what parts of Sydney are more prone to gun crime than other parts of Sydney.
Jul 27th 2010, 8:04 am
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Ive gotcha!
I think the UK will look like it has more gun crime because of the population being around 64 million so you would expect there to be higher gun crime rates i suppose..
I often wondered if theres a way these people measure gun crime etc without bringing population into it if you know what i mean? Because i think AU is 20 million or something and i think UK is about 64 million..
I think the UK will look like it has more gun crime because of the population being around 64 million so you would expect there to be higher gun crime rates i suppose..
I often wondered if theres a way these people measure gun crime etc without bringing population into it if you know what i mean? Because i think AU is 20 million or something and i think UK is about 64 million..
Jul 27th 2010, 10:15 am
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Anybody.... No?? DUST!!
Jul 27th 2010, 1:29 pm
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Re: Gun Crime figures..
Does Australia also have the problem of underage sex/pregnancy.
I think the statistics (i heard on the radio) a couple of years ago now over in the UK. Was something like 1 in 10 girls under the age of 14 have had some kind of sexual intercourse. I could be wrong but i think they were the statistics in about 2005 or 2006..
What's Australia like for this kind of thing?
I think the statistics (i heard on the radio) a couple of years ago now over in the UK. Was something like 1 in 10 girls under the age of 14 have had some kind of sexual intercourse. I could be wrong but i think they were the statistics in about 2005 or 2006..
What's Australia like for this kind of thing?
Jul 27th 2010, 1:56 pm
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It takes balls to live in Australia? LOL
Try living in Camberwell mate.
Try living in Camberwell mate.
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Jul 27th 2010, 3:51 pm
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Moving to Australia because England is going to the dogs is beyond stupidity. Crime rates here ar higher and most british migrants can only afford to live in the poorer dangerous suburbs that they would be likely to avoid if they were living in the UK.
Jul 27th 2010, 9:46 pm
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ABC have you any figures for melbourne suburbs?
To the OP , Australia is a very safe place to live. Crime regardless of any statistics is very low from my impression. Things that really affect people like house break ins and muggings are low compared to UK and Irish citys.
Sure there is gun and knife crime but if you do not enter the late night service station industry you should be right.
However your question about teenage pregnancy thats not something you can move country to get away from. All thats needed for that is teenagers.
To the OP , Australia is a very safe place to live. Crime regardless of any statistics is very low from my impression. Things that really affect people like house break ins and muggings are low compared to UK and Irish citys.
Sure there is gun and knife crime but if you do not enter the late night service station industry you should be right.
However your question about teenage pregnancy thats not something you can move country to get away from. All thats needed for that is teenagers.
Jul 27th 2010, 9:50 pm
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I work with a guy from Manchester and what we call a dangerous suburb here (Melbourne) would not even rank as risky back in the UK.
pull your head in
Jul 27th 2010, 10:01 pm
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Stab proof vest time
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Quite seriously was told by an older pommy migrant, that her grandkids in the UK had to wear stab proof vests as part of the school uniform
I think the poor old duck was the typical sort of migrant who has become stuck in OZ and was trying to justify her life here
.Quite seriously was told by an older pommy migrant, that her grandkids in the UK had to wear stab proof vests as part of the school uniform
I think the poor old duck was the typical sort of migrant who has become stuck in OZ and was trying to justify her life here
Jul 27th 2010, 11:18 pm
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Re: Gun Crime figures..
Stab proof vest time.
Quite seriously was told by an older pommy migrant, that her grandkids in the UK had to wear stab proof vests as part of the school uniform
I think the poor old duck was the typical sort of migrant who has become stuck in OZ and was trying to justify her life here
.Quite seriously was told by an older pommy migrant, that her grandkids in the UK had to wear stab proof vests as part of the school uniform
I think the poor old duck was the typical sort of migrant who has become stuck in OZ and was trying to justify her life here
I don't know about Britain on a whole but do no that in Scotland there is gun crime but more Knife crime. Strathclyde hospitals on average treat 40-50 knife wounds a day (School days) double or even triple that on weekends. Glasgow has only a population of 400,000 and is dubbed 'Murder Capital Of Europe'! Glasgow has over 400 gangs running the streets everyday, most of the members ageing from 12-25 out there face on drugs and no education, there is only one outcome here!! Thats just 1 of our city's! I will take my chances in Australia any day!!
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