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What do you think is driving the reported increase in violent episodes in the past month in GR?

The economy/jobs
33% (17 votes)
Violent media/video games
0% (0 votes)
Lack of gun control
12% (6 votes)
Cuts to social services
19% (10 votes)
Attention in media (creating copycats, etc.)
15% (8 votes)
Other (comment)
21% (11 votes)
Total votes: 52

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it has to be somethign else...IMHO

Early poll responses are saying jobs and the economy...but I hear today on BBC, that Spain has unemployent of over 26% right now. And the hardest hit are young adults. Kent County is under 6% unemployment, and GR proper a bit over 7%.  Yet the US has a per capita "murder by gun" rate that is 14 times that of Spain. When I see that...I feel it's just got to be something other than the economy and jobs.

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