Johnson accepted that America is more violent than Britain, with a gun culture contributing to a murder rate 17 times higher than here. He recognised, too, that many more police officers are murdered in America — 57 last year compared with just one here — proportionately about 11 times as many
It's not 17 times as high, it's 3 times as high - 4.3/100,000 compared to 1.4/100,000.
22 posted on 12/05/2005 9:57:52 AM PST by heartwood