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> Yep, that comes with gun ownership. Many people are knowingly making that trade-off. You'd want to compare murder/suicide rates with other countries for any m
by aqme28 7y ago
> Yep, that comes with gun ownership. Many people are knowingly making that trade-off. You'd want to compare murder/suicide rates with other countries for any meaningful comparisons.
And our murder rate is pretty bad, likely thanks to our extremely high rate of gun violence.
- Retric 7y agoWhile over 2/3 of US Murders involve guns. You can exclude gun violence only from the US numbers and the US still has a higher murder rate than the UK. So, it’s likely a major factor but hardly the root cause.
- CapricornNoble 7y agoKeep in mind that private citizens in the United States possess roughly 35-40% of all small arms ON THE ENTIRE PLANET, with more than double the per capita ownership rate of the #2 country (active warzone Yemen). https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns/americans-own-nearly-half-worlds-guns-in-civilian-hands-survey-idUSKBN1JE220 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns/americans-own-ne...