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> Thanks for the apology, I assure you I absolutely believe what I write. That the US is safer than other places because it has guns? I guess you can sincerely
by munksbeer 1y ago
> Thanks for the apology, I assure you I absolutely believe what I write.
That the US is safer than other places because it has guns? I guess you can sincerely believe that, but the facts say something else.
- nailer 1y ago[flagged]
- johnisgood 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_guns_per_capita_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_g... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-related_homicide_rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-r... Check out both tables and you will see that the facts do not say what you think they say, at all. Homicide rates by firearm per 100,000 inhabitants (2017): Jamaica - 47.857 United States - 3.342 Serbia - 0.415 Ranking by country for civilian-held firearms per 100 population (2017): Jamaica - 8.8 United States - 120.5 Serbia - 39.1 Those are just to compare three countries, but you will see a similar trend for all other countries. It shows that Serbia has loads of guns, yet barely any firearm-related homicides, whereas Jamaica has much less guns, yet homicide rates by firearm are way higher than the US. Thus, the statement that "More guns -> More gun-related violence" is evidently false.