This is certainly not true. The incidence of violent crime in the UK is far higher than in the US. It's just the murder rate in the US is higher.
http://ace.mu.nu/Windows-Live-Writer/Overnight-_D7F6/The-mos...
The rate in the US is 470, which puts us below the bottom of the list. That dichotomy probably does have something to do with guns - breaking and entering is far more dangerous in the US than it is in the UK.
This is certainly not true. The incidence of violent crime in the UK is far higher than in the US. It's just the murder rate in the US is higher.
http://ace.mu.nu/Windows-Live-Writer/Overnight-_D7F6/The-mos...
The rate in the US is 470, which puts us below the bottom of the list. That dichotomy probably does have something to do with guns - breaking and entering is far more dangerous in the US than it is in the UK.