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In reply to the discussion: I want it to be illegal for an American citizen to own a gun. [View all]King_Klonopin
(1,387 posts)The source is Wikipedia !
It is in alphabetical order by region for starters, making it confusing.
It uses stats that are as much as 9 years old !
It warns about the definition of "Intentional Homicides" being inconsistent
(i.e. this is not strictly deaths from guns) and includes deaths related to wars.
The countries of note are mostly in Africa, South America, under-developed
countries that are basically anarchistic, and countries that are involved in
actual wars (either military, civil, or "drug" wars)
Of the wealthier, "developed" nations, this is how countries stack up
compared to the U.S. in homicides per 100,000 (according to your Wiki chart):
US 4.88
Canada 1.68 *
China 0.74 *
N Korea 4.41
Japan 0.31 * (has strictest gun laws)
S. Korea 0.74 *
Taiwan 0.82
Cambodia 1.84
Indonesia 0.50
Vietnam 1.52 (Vietnam for god's sake !)
India 3.21
Iran 4.21
Palestine 0.60
Israel 1.36 *
Lebanon 3.95
Syria 2.23 (outdated 2010 stats, of course !)
Norway 0.56 *
Sweden 1.15
Iceland 0.91
Finland 1.60
U.K. 0.92 *
Ireland 0.64 *
France 1.58 *
Belgium 1.95
Germany 0.85 *
Italy 0.78 *
Netherlands 0.61 *
Switzerland 0.69 *
Australia 0.98 *
* denotes country with strict gun control laws (my annotation)
Referring to this chart in the link below, it ranks FIREARM RELATED DEATHS.
U.S. ranks # 11 at 10.54 per 100,000 NOT 95th, as you claim.
[link:http://|http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/countries-with-the-highest-rates-of-firearm-related-deaths.html]
Countries With The Highest Rates Of Firearm Related Deaths
Firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population per year
1 Honduras 67.18
2 Venezuela 59.13
3 Swaziland 37.16
4 Guatemala 34.1
5 Jamaica 30.72
6 El Salvador 26.77
7 Colombia 25.94
8 Brazil 21.2
9 Panama 15.11
10 Uruguay 11.52
11 United States 10.54
Other references place the U.S. between 3.8 to 10.5 deaths per 100,000. No other developed
nation comes close to the U.S. stats.
The USA is "better than" those top ten countries, and not much else. I feel much better now !!!!
Your post is one of the more intellectually dishonest, intentionally misleading I've seen on DU.