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Gun Control & RKBA

Lurks Often

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9. THe US is ranked 108th out of 218 countries for intentional homicide rates worldwide

Reply to Matrosov (Reply #8)

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 05:02 PM

Jul 2015

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate#By_country

And 8th overall in total number of intentional homicides. The numbers are from 2012

The numbers do not seem to support your statement "countries that severely restrict gun ownership seem to suffer from a lower crime rate and especially a far lower rate of gun deaths.

Switzerland, with it's fairly liberal gun laws had a 0.6 murder rate and 46 murders overall

Jamaica, where it is virtually impossible for a citizen to own a gun, had a murder rate of 39.3 and 1,087 murders.

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If gun control really is about sympathy for the victims [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 OP

From another OP discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2015 #1

Don't see any sympathy from the gun control side for people murdered by other then a gun either Lurks Often Jul 2015 #2

And if gun control was truly about sympathy for the victims........ pablo_marmol Jul 2015 #3

Well, it would end at some point shadowrider Jul 2015 #4

"Do they only have moral value if they're raped, murdered, robbed and/or beaten?" Shamash Jul 2015 #5

While there is sympathy Matrosov Jul 2015 #6

If only you could find a reality in which that was true Shamash Jul 2015 #7

The problem is estimation Matrosov Jul 2015 #8

THe US is ranked 108th out of 218 countries for intentional homicide rates worldwide Lurks Often Jul 2015 #9

No, it is not a problem of estimation Shamash Jul 2015 #10

If "estimates" are a problem how is it that you speak with such certainty that offenses Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2015 #11

They hate guns with a passion. MicaelS Jul 2015 #12

I can't help but recommend this, it's very true AuntPatsy Jul 2015 #13

Gun Control is about CONTROL....nothing else. ileus Jul 2015 #14

From what I have seen from some controllers, it is more about taking advantage of tragedy... Eleanors38 Jul 2015 #15