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Here's the wikipedia page on gun-related deaths statistics since some people are writing "where's the beef?" comments: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cou

by engtech 14y ago

Here's the wikipedia page on gun-related deaths statistics since some people are writing "where's the beef?" comments: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_death_rate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-re... US has a score of 10.27 per 100,000 Canada has a score of 4.78 per 100,000 Australia has a score of 2.94 per 100,000 England/Wales has a score of 0.46 per 100,000 Japan has a score of 0.07 per 100,000 (edit: formatting)

maxerickson 14y ago
Now you have introduced suicides into the mix. The great majority of gun related deaths in Australia are suicides. More than half of them in the United States are suicides. Also, the grandparent claim of 400x does not stand up to scrutiny. The rate of gun related homicide in the U.S. is approximately 4 or 5 / 100,000. In Australia, it is about 0.5 / 100,000. That's 10x. Which is still quite a difference.