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More relevant, here is a list of countries ranked by firearm murder rates per 100,000 population:
Japan 0.02
Poland 0.02
Azerbaijan 0.04
South Korea 0.04
Romania 0.04 United Kingdom 0.04
Norway 0.04
Slovenia 0.05
Germany 0.06
Singapore 0.07
Australia 0.09
Hong Kong 0.12
Czech Republic 0.12
Taiwan 0.13
Hungary 0.13
Spain 0.13
New Zealand 0.17
Qatar 0.18
Latvia 0.18
Slovakia 0.18
Austria 0.18
Sweden 0.19
Netherlands 0.20
Denmark 0.22
France 0.22
Bulgaria 0.23
Georgia 0.23
Cyprus 0.24
Lithuania 0.24
Finland 0.26
Belgium 0.29
Estonia 0.30
Ukraine 0.35
Ireland 0.36
Kuwait 0.36
Italy 0.36
Belarus 0.38
Macedonia 0.45
Portugal 0.48
Malta 0.48 Canada 0.50
Switzerland 0.52
Kyrgyzstan 0.53
Croatia 0.57
Uzbekistan 0.58
Greece 0.59
Luxembourg 0.60
Serbia 0.62
India 0.93 Israel 0.94
Moldova 1.04
Peru 1.87
Montenegro 2.06
Barbados 3
Argentina 3
Uruguay 3.24
Costa Rica 3.32 United States 3.6
I would have said nice paste and cut, but it does look like you intentionally left out a few countries.
especially the ones with a higher firearm death rate than the USA has, like brazil plus others.
I would have said nice paste and cut, but it does look like you intentionally left out a few countries.
especially the ones with a higher firearm death rate than the USA has, like brazil plus others.
The countries that have higher homicide rates are right there in the OP's original post----you might want to read a thread before posting.
People can argue countries and statistics all they want, and it really doesn't matter. As long that there is a single murder tied to a gun, the anti-gun zealots will want to ban them.
Would you expect anything less? These are the same people who ban happy meals, 16 oz sodas, walking around in a bathrobe, and throwing fruit. The control freaks, who always have a cause they're fighting.
I'd rather just point out Chicago, DC, Detroit, Clevelend, and Phily, who combine to make up 30% of all gun murders in the nation. Isn't that mind boggling? The so-called "safe because we banned guns" cities enjoy the highest gun murder rates.
They are safe-zones for thugs with guns.
If you strip out all but non-negligent homicide and manslaughter (per capita) then: Louisiana, Missouri, California, Maryland and Michigan are the worst of the states. California never lifted our bans on weapons and has had limits to clips for years. Banning isn't the solution and CA is the example (AGAIN).
BTW, the UK has less gun violence, however they have 400% the blade violence. They also have 2-3x the home invasion per capita as the US.
And only a Dem would ignore demographics. It's not the country, it's the people. There is a reason why cities like New Orleans, Detroit, Wash DC, etc have murder rates ten to thirty times as high as cities like El Paso Texas, Plano Texas and Lincoln Neb.
This was an INTERNATIONAL comparison... not between El Paso and New Orleans. Other nations have their own demographic variations as well.
Looks like with the exeption of Guatamala and El Salvador, all of the top countries on that list have something in common -
High percentages of people at least partially descended from Africans. I don't think the gun laws in those countries have as much to do with those crime statistics as does the stock of people that live there.
1,694 murders for 312 million people is a rate of 0.54.
The US is a more murderous country in general compared to a place like England - especially firearms, but apparently also knives.
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Chicago, DC, Detroit, Clevelend, and Phily, who combine to make up 30% of all gun murders in the nation. Isn't that mind boggling? The so-called "safe because we banned guns" cities enjoy the highest gun murder rates.
Chicago and DC had sharp limits on handguns; Cleveland, Detroit, and Philly are all in shall-issue concealed-carry states. Detroit and Cleveland are also in stand-your-ground and castle doctrine states.
Detroit's murder rate is almost three times as high as Chicago's rate, incredibly enough.
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200 murders for 56 million people is a knife murder rate of 0.36 per 100,000.
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Compare that to...
1,694 murders for 312 million people is a rate of 0.54.
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The US is a more murderous country in general compared to a place like England - especially firearms, but apparently also knives.
200 was for 2012. 2011 numbers were 235. Just homicide. I don't know if the issue should be just homicide, or should include serious injury and attempted homicide.
But - looking at just homicide and the comparisons (slightly incorrect) given, accepting the figures
.54 and .36. To me, those are statistically almost the same. A difference of only .14.
That means to say out of 1,000,000 people, in one case there are 3 1/2 murders and in the other case 5 1/2 murders. Out of one million people, 2 incidents out of a potential of One Million incidents is not very many - in fact, statistically (which admittedly is not all that matters when it comes to human lives) - it's a difference of .0002%!! Based solely on a difference of .0002%, one nation or society or religion or political party or army should not be categorized as "more murderous" than another.
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