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Well it's approximately 4.5 years of shooting deaths in the UK in one day. Regardless of how you look at it, America has a serious problem.
by hughrr 5y ago
Well it's approximately 4.5 years of shooting deaths in the UK in one day. Regardless of how you look at it, America has a serious problem.
- nly 5y agoAnnual deaths per capita would be more helpful
- sokoloff 5y agoI agree, though I’d also exclude suicides (or break them out separately at a minimum).
- okamiueru 5y agoI did so for you in a sibling comment.
- okamiueru 5y agohttps://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-deaths-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gun-death... Per 100k --- Total US 12.21, UK: 0.23 53 times higher. --- Homicides US 4.46, UK: 0.06 74 times higher. --- Suicides US 7.32, UK: 0.15 49 times higher.
- amarshall 5y agoHuh? The data here isn’t for one day, it’s for three days. Further, population differences will massively inflate absolute numbers. You’re making it seem like US is ~1,600x UK when in fact per capita it’s ~61x [1]. Yes, this is still a lot and terrible, but you’re making it seem two orders of magnitude worse. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-r...
- hughrr 5y agoI was hoping for this reply. The presentation of the facts were intentional. These threads devolve into statistical analysis and reduction of values when the only fact that matters is >1 is terrible. Meta discussion should be about the tragic necessity for people to shoot each other not the absolute quantity of deaths.
- asteroidbelt 5y agoIn UK they do stabbing instead of shooting because firearms are not available. The goal is to prevent deaths, not to prevent shooting, so shooting comparison between UK and US is meaningless.