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Originally Posted by Envitro
Oh wait, Finland, Switzerland, Canada (to name a few), all countries with very high per capita civilian gun ownership rates, don't have the same rate of "mass shootings" as the U.S.
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First, read this and tell me if any of it looks or sounds like the United States:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firear...ion_in_Finland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firear...in_Switzerland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firear...tion_in_Canada
Hint: It doesn't. There are plenty more checks and balances in place in order to own guns in all of those countries that the United States simply doesn't have (never mind that their gun regulations are set nationally and not state by state).
Second,
very high? Be serious, the only context in which you can say those countries have very high per capita civilian gun ownership rates is one in which you
don't include the United States.
United States: 120.5 guns per 100 civilians
Canada: 34.7 guns per 100 civilians
Finland: 32.4 guns per 100 civilians
Switzerland: 27.6 guns per 100 civilians
If Canada, Finland, and Switzerland's rates are 'very high', the United States is on a different planet entirely, these are not even remotely comparable rates of ownership.