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13. That's not true -- Canada has about 1/3 as many guns as the US, per 100 people,

Mon Aug 31, 2015, 12:48 AM

Aug 2015

more than any other country in the world.

And our rate of gun crime is commensurately higher.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country

U.S. 88.8 guns per 100 people
Canada 30.8 guns

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Mass shootings since Sandy Hook, in one map [View all] onehandle Aug 2015 OP

Pow! Pow! Pow! Pow! struggle4progress Aug 2015 #1

Kick. Agschmid Aug 2015 #2

Sad truth. sheshe2 Aug 2015 #3

It should be every Congressional member has a F rating from NRA. The gun violence needs to stop. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #4

The NRA needs to join the KKK as a pariah. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #15

Guns have killed far more people in America than any terrrorist group ever would or could. Initech Aug 2015 #5

Cars have killed more people than guns WDIM Aug 2015 #27

That's always a dumb argument. SheilaT Aug 2015 #29

point taken WDIM Aug 2015 #30

+1,000 malaise Sep 2015 #47

and the fatty foods - that does not happen in an instant treestar Sep 2015 #49

You also can't kill another person with fatty food. IrishEyes Sep 2015 #57

I've never thought I would need one treestar Sep 2015 #58

And yet we have the TSA to board a plane... joshcryer Sep 2015 #45

the ammosexuals would have you believe guns have nothing to do with it. KG Aug 2015 #6

I raise an objection to a slur which gets its "power" from another oft-used slur, Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #20

object away, i don't give a fuck. KG Aug 2015 #22

Post removed Post removed Aug 2015 #24

I honestly don't know what it will take postatomic Aug 2015 #7

Raging Against Self Defense: A Psychiatrist Examines The Anti-Gun Mentality pocoloco Aug 2015 #8

That article starts off putting words in the mouths of her opponents and goes from there. maxsolomon Sep 2015 #53

It is easy to blame it all on guns zalinda Aug 2015 #9

You can't talk about this part of it though davidn3600 Aug 2015 #11

That's not true -- Canada has about 1/3 as many guns as the US, per 100 people, pnwmom Aug 2015 #13

Exactly the violence is a symptom of our society WDIM Aug 2015 #28

That seems roughly the inverse of this map... a2liberal Aug 2015 #10

Inconvenient facts. branford Aug 2015 #12

I�m not sure I understand the map. Sweet Freedom Aug 2015 #17

Yes, it's percentage of population (nt) a2liberal Aug 2015 #18

I saw another map which indicated Vermont has more guns per capita than... Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #21

*shrug* a2liberal Aug 2015 #26

Well, RobinA Sep 2015 #48

That could be the case. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #60

Ammosexual? DirtDart1319 Aug 2015 #14

In "Bowling for Columbine" Michael Moore pointed out it wasn't actually guns but FEAR. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2015 #16

A DU-accepted slur against gun-owners, utilizing the phonics Eleanors38 Aug 2015 #19

I wonder if 'hoplosexual' would be equally unhidden. N/T beevul Sep 2015 #44

BWAHA-HA! That nasty -phobe thing WILL get you hidden in DU. Eleanors38 Sep 2015 #61

The map corresponds EXACTLY to population density; the map LeftinOH Aug 2015 #23

Eh, nothing to see here. The NRA will just pass it off as much needed population control. 4lbs Aug 2015 #25

I'd like to see a world map like this. That would be very interesting, I think. DebJ Aug 2015 #31

Comparatively the rest of the world would probably be blank. George II Aug 2015 #35

Exactly. n/t DebJ Aug 2015 #36

You are kidding, right? hack89 Aug 2015 #37

But...but Kang Colby Aug 2015 #39

. libodem Aug 2015 #32

I am all for gun ownership MyNameGoesHere Aug 2015 #33

Truly sad. And tragically there was one where 4 people died a few weeks ago.... George II Aug 2015 #34

Ironic, isn't it? Kang Colby Aug 2015 #38

'Gun control states' and cities are victimized by the influx of guns from gun nut states. onehandle Aug 2015 #40

States with loose laws and less violence, you mean. beevul Aug 2015 #41

Typical delusional response.... Kang Colby Sep 2015 #42

K & R davidpdx Sep 2015 #43

Does this "Crowdsourced" map account for gangs and drug-war related shootings? Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #46

If they pass the threshold of a mass shooting, yes. maxsolomon Sep 2015 #54

Excluded? On the contrary, I think gangs and the WoD is generating most of the violence. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2015 #55

I thought you were implying that that violence would have been excluded, due to their agenda. maxsolomon Sep 2015 #56

kick with sadness - this obsenity caused by gun loving patriots samsingh Sep 2015 #50

So, whats up with the eastern half of the country? pediatricmedic Sep 2015 #51

I don't believe it. We have strict gun control laws here in California. Throd Sep 2015 #52

K&R! Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #59