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Originally Posted by blankall
When you actually break down deaths on a per capita basis, US deaths from mass shootings are relatively low:
Obviously this chart doesn't include the most recent events of this year.
Where the US exceeds other Western nations is total gun deaths. This is largely due to gang violence and suicides. |
I'm just going to be lazy and copy my post from the Mass Shooting thread a while ago. Please excuse the snarky tone. It was in response to some Nobama nonsense.
Top bar is Assault (other)
Middle Bar is Assault (Sharp object)
Bottom bar is Assault (Firearm)
Almost 2/3 of homicides in the US were commited by firearms. Actually sounds pretty reasonable until you look at the other comparable countries where only two others have firearm death rates above 50% (Greece and Italy; Portugal and France maybe close as well). And that's putting aside the fact that the homicide rate in general is towering over everyone else. If the US gun violence could even be cut in half, it MIGHT bring them down to respectable levels (albeit still well above everyone else).
Look at all those Latin/South American countries that are sending their spooky citizens to the US with comparable homicide rates between major US cities and their ENTIRE COUNTRIES.
Whew, finally a graph that favours the US. Wait, is that Afghanistan, Congo, Iraq and Pakistan? Great company there.
And finally, and most stunning IMO, accidental deaths by firearms!
..funny, it's almost identical to the first graph.
Yeah... there's a problem. I don't see how it's possible to deny it. Your only comparable firearms death rates are f***ing war zones.
http://www.humanosphere.org/science/...-s-rest-world/