General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCanada, Mexico, European Union should all boycott or sanction the US until it gets the violence
under control.
cilla4progress
(24,772 posts)this idea.
I certainly expect tourism here to decrease.
Pacifist Patriot
(24,654 posts)Musicians went on a tour strike until our politicians got their shit together on guns, if that would make any sort of impact.
lame54
(35,324 posts)EX500rider
(10,866 posts)Their homicide rate is 5 times worse then the US.
Mexico 24.8 per 100,000 vs 5.3 for the US.
And the EU's rate isn't radically different then the US rate, 3 per 100,000 vs 5 per 100,000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
muriel_volestrangler
(101,364 posts)which includes Russia (rate 9, and a bigger population than any EU member) and Ukraine (6, and a significant population). Of the largest EU countries:
Germany 1.0
UK 1.2
France 1.3
Italy 0.67
Spain 0.7
Poland 0.8
muriel_volestrangler
(101,364 posts)if it's a democracy, not other countries. It's up to American voters to get rid of the national or state politicians who do the NRA's work.