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    Default Re: Support for Gun Control in US at its Lowest Level in More than 50 Years

    Quote Originally Posted by ajaxfetish View Post
    45 ≠ zero
    22 ≠ zero
    19 ≠ zero
    3 ≠ zero

    ...If you want to make a case that many countries have lower gun crime rates than the U.S., you're on firm ground. If you claim that countries like Japan, South Korea, and the UK have zero gun crime, you're simply wrong.
    That is being rather pedantic though, he is evidently meaning relative to the numbers in the United States.

    Using your own source:
    United States of America (1998) 11802

    Now let's compare it to the quoted, lets take the highest one.
    UK: 45 (1999)

    11802 versus 45.

    Why "zero" is incorrect, he is simply using the literary device to insinuate that it is effectively 'nothing'/'zero' in comparison to the United States to make forth his point and considering the difference, I feel there should be some fair usage. It isn't as if the United States number was 68, then that would be raising eyebrows at his use of that particular literary device.
    Last edited by Beskar; 11-02-2011 at 02:02.
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