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Not just per-capita victims. If you read the chart's third column: > Fatal Rampage Shooting Incidents (2009-2013) Per 1,000,000 The U.S. is 0.12, putting it b
by barsonme 10y ago
Not just per-capita victims. If you read the chart's third column:
> Fatal Rampage Shooting Incidents (2009-2013) Per 1,000,000
The U.S. is 0.12, putting it behind Norway (0.19), Finland (0.37), Slovakia (0.19), Israel (0.25), and Switzerland (0.25).
Simply looking at the raw number of shootings is misleading at best because:
1. Countries with a larger population are typically at higher risk of more shootings. (The two countries with >= 1/3 as large of a population as the U.S. are Japan and Mexico.)
2. It does not take into account culture or socioeconomic issues (other than only sampling the "Industrialized West")
3. Countries with more firearms will typically have a higher risk or more shootings