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LeftinOH

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8. Even relative to population, the US is still grossly over the top:

Reply to DaveJ (Original post)

Mon Jul 23, 2012, 08:50 AM

Jul 2012

If Australia's population was the same as the US, their total would be about 530 people.

If Canada's was the same as the US, the total would be about 1,800 people.

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FOF - Guns [View all] DaveJ Jul 2012 OP

Is that correct? TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #1

How very sad....and embarrassing. Laurian Jul 2012 #2

Is it true that in Switzerland: �gun crime rate is so low that statistics are not even kept�? AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #3

I don't think Switzerland is opposed to gun ownership. Just the opposite ... GOTV Jul 2012 #9

Just to clarify Democracyinkind Jul 2012 #13

That's what I think. AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2012 #14

They can't carry them and have to keep them locked up - and people there are concerned for society. Hoyt Jul 2012 #15

Thank you. Democracyinkind Jul 2012 #16

some answers from the front Democracyinkind Jul 2012 #10

The result of our insane "war on drugs". Time to legalize. tn hack89 Jul 2012 #4

From todays googles safeinOhio Jul 2012 #5

So the guns walked up and murdered those people by themselves? Odin2005 Jul 2012 #6

Right tool for the job. caseymoz Jul 2012 #19

And no one wants to put a single one of those murdering guns in jail. jp11 Jul 2012 #7

Even relative to population, the US is still grossly over the top: LeftinOH Jul 2012 #8

Of course, those Aussies recently passed tough gun laws that would have our gun culture whining Hoyt Jul 2012 #18

Well.... Reasonable_Argument Jul 2012 #11

200 in Canada? HopeHoops Jul 2012 #12

These colors don't run... Godot51 Jul 2012 #17