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There are dramatically more guns in the US than any other country; the US has about 120 guns per person, Falkand Islands comes second with about 60 guns per per
by arp242 3y ago
There are dramatically more guns in the US than any other country; the US has about 120 guns per person, Falkand Islands comes second with about 60 guns per person, and it drops off to 20-30 per person pretty quickly after that. In addition, in many places where guns are more common-ish they're usually for hunting, rather than "to protect me and my family": that is, more (hunting) rifles, less handguns, and less of a culture to use them for defence.
- jemmyw 3y agoGot that info from wikipedia? Because I made exactly the same mistake the other day. It's 120 guns per 100 people, 1.2 guns per person in the US.
- arp242 3y agoOops, yes, that's what I meant to write >_< It's all per 100, not per person.
- _v7gu 3y agoI mean, a person can shoot only one gun (accurately) at a time; and the calls usually denote the person targeted has a gun. Would the police force really apply Bayes’ rule to reevaluate the call’s truthiness if gun ownership halved?
- matthewmacleod 3y agoThose numbers are per 100 people; while the US does have more guns than people, the problem is not quite that severe yet!