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Originally Posted by TorqueDog

Then mentioning them wasn't necessary to begin with, no? What point was it supposed to serve if they aren't comparable? "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." -- what is this supposed to be if not a comparison of those three countries to the US?

To one another, but not the US, which is literally the point of the thread. It's in the title, even. Again, similarly high rates to each other, but dwarfed by the US.

The US has 3.5x the gun ownership rates of Canada. No other nation on earth has a ratio of firearms to citizens that exceeds 1 except the United States. The next two countries on the list are the Falkland Islands and Yemen, the only other two on the list where that ratio exceeds .5 guns to citizens. The rate in the US is more than double that of Yemen.

This is a uniquely US problem for a reason.

I mean, you know very well the context that was implied with your post. CroFlames called you out for being obtuse and somehow you're doubling down.

And correct me if I am wrong but I believe Finland and Switzerland have mandatory military service for all males and have very strict rules and training around guns. Very different culture around gun ownership and the purpose behind them.