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> In day to day life there are 0.21 homicides by gunfire for 100k inhabitants per year in France and 3.6 in the US (source: wikipedia). This is missing the poi
by cosmiccartel 9y ago
> In day to day life there are 0.21 homicides by gunfire for 100k inhabitants per year in France and 3.6 in the US (source: wikipedia).
This is missing the point of the comment you're replying to. You're comparing homicide by gunfire, not homicide.
It is true that Europe has a lower homicide rate in general, but there are exceptions. Lithuania is a European country with restrictive gun laws and a substantially higher rate of intentional homicide than the U.S. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intention...)
- cadlin 9y agoLithuania has also halved their homicide rate over the past ten years. https://knoema.com/atlas/Lithuania/Homicide-rate https://knoema.com/atlas/Lithuania/Homicide-rate
- jdpedrie 9y ago> Lithuania has also halved their homicide rate over the past ten years. The homicide rate in the US has also fallen considerably over the last 15 years. https://knoema.com/atlas/United-States-of-America/Homicide-rate https://knoema.com/atlas/United-States-of-America/Homicide-r...
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