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In Europe most countries count the number of bullets fired by police, not just the number of bodies disposed.

• stevekemp 9y ago
  Indeed, leading to headlines like this one "Finnish police fired guns only six times in 2013" Frustratingly I can't find anything more recent, because I'm sure I read that last year, or the year before, we were down to one round fired.
  • jacquesm 9y ago
    And that's in a country where lots of people have guns.
    • jopsen 9y ago
      Few by US standards, and most of them for hunting. And then there is some regulation, and well trained police.
      • stevekemp 9y ago
        And of course the compulsory military service..
  • jopsen 9y ago
    Hehe, sure.. but these numbers are so low that individual incidents can completely skew the stats for one year. It's actually more interesting to track number of times weapons are drawn, which is usually also reported as a use of force. It's less precise, but numbers are slightly higher.