From 1995 to 2018, the US homicide rate went from 8.15 to 5.01. During the same time span, the rate in the UK dropped from 1.55 to 1.12. The rate dropped 38% i

From 1995 to 2018, the US homicide rate went from 8.15 to 5.01. During the same time span, the rate in the UK dropped from 1.55 to 1.12. The rate dropped 38% in the US and 27% in the UK, which banned handguns in 1996. https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/murder-homicide-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/murd... https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/GBR/united-kingdom/murder-homicide-rate https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/GBR/united-kingdom/mur... *I would've used the most recent US number (2020), but I couldn't find that data for the UK to compare apples to apples.