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Originally Posted by sketchyt
Looking at numbers and facts, I have to disagree.
Source (Washington Post) - large image:
On average compared to other developed countries, Americans are TWENTY times likelier to be killed by a firearm. For comparison's sake, it looks like in the chart there are 3.2 firearm homicides per 100,000 people in 'Murica. It's about 0.5 in Canada. This chart doesn't include Mexico but when you start getting curious about firearm death comparisons with Mexico, I think you may be in trouble.
Under reasonable logic, some serious level of restriction to firearms would likely lower that unholy number. |
What's interesting about this is the fact Israel, which has some pretty strict gun laws is so low on that list. I believe it is extremely easy to obtain an illegal weapon in that region, yet they somehow have very few gun murders there because of their gun laws. Kind of puts to rest the idea that more guns make a society safer against illegal guns.