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Originally Posted by Ekka  Buy security doors and keep them locked for your home... sensor lights and alarms, get a dog, dont screen your house out with dense trees and bushes...
Best defence, shut your mouth, be friendly, stay out of shit neighbourhoods and dont go looking for trouble or you will find it... |
Quite So, and all excellent advice.
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Originally Posted by Ekka Whilst I'm not saying we are crime free I can confidently say that we certainly dont have USA's level of violence and gang bangers. It's the last thing on my mind. |
Well yes as an Australian you have had the advantage of starting out as a prison colony so there was an awareness of crime and it's prevention from the start I would suppose.
Actually population density and social conditions are your greatest assets in maintaining a low crime rate. The majority of the crimes you read about in the USA are in big city ethnic neighborhoods and their intra-gang warfare.
Of course that is not to discount the individual whacko's that can come out of any social strata. Here's an article from The National review:
Charles Krauthammer on Virginia Tech on National Review Online
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