>New Hampshire, which has one of the highest per
>capita gun populations in the entire world, has a lower crime rate than any
>country its size or larger in europe. [...]
>We have among the highest scholastic acheivement rates of any
>state in the Union, have always had an average SAT score in the top 5 states
>(concurrently with being among the lowest 5 states in terms of per capita
>education expenditures, go figure). NH is rated as having one of the best
>business climates in the US. [...]
>Best of all, we also have the lowest unemployment rate in the US, at less
than
>2%.
And the low crime rate is due to... which of these parameters?
Do NH teachers force their students to study at the point of a gun? Do NH
workers negotiate their jobs at the point of a gun?
Or is violent crime elsewhere perhaps correlated with other factors that
also damage education and employment rates, creating a vicious cycle?
Damien Broderick