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Originally Posted by Harry Lime
I actually had to look it up, because I couldn't believe that home invasions could be such a massive driver of people needing weapons in the US. It turns out that they are averaging over 1 million home invasions a year, since 2010. That's breaking into a house while people are home.
I hate to say it, but the reason for this high number could only be two things, to create such mass cultural behavior. Poor education system, and massive income disparity.
And then I go over to the Alberta page and look at the changes in the education system, and the Canada page and look at the changes leading to income disparity. 50 years ago, the US wasn't like this, so are we looking into Canada's future?
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1 million home invasions in the US is about 301 per 100,000. Canada's rate is 23 per 100,000 and has been steady for a number of years. These stats may not be up to date - there's not a lot of data online - but they still show a massive difference between the two countries. This helps explain to me the difference in attitudes (i.e. fear) that we see.