Originally Posted by 732002

Ironic that there was a time that you could legally own automatic guns but alcohol was illegal.

USA 5% of world population 50% of worlds guns.

List of countries by firearm-related death rate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is a historical list of countries by firearm-related death-rate per 100,000 population in one year.

Country Total firearm-related death rate Homicides Suicides Unintentional Undetermined Year Sources and notes
El Salvador 50.36 50.36 NA NA NA 2009 OAS 2011[1]
Jamaica 47.44 47.44 NA NA NA 2009 OAS 2011[1]
Honduras 46.70 46.70 NA NA NA 2007 OAS 2011[1]
Guatemala 38.52 38.52 NA NA NA 2009 OAS 2011[1]
Swaziland 37.16 37.16 NA NA NA 2004 UNODC 2006[1]
Colombia 28.11 27.10 0.87 0.14 NA 2009 UNODC 2011 [2]
Brazil 19.01 18.10 0.73 0.18 NA 2008 UNODC 2011[3]
Panama 12.92 12.92 NA NA NA 2010 OAS 2011[1]
Mexico 11.14 10.00 0.67 0.47 NA 2010 UNODC 2011[4]
United States 10.2 3.7 6.1 0.2 0.1 2009 OAS 2012[5][6]
Philippines 9.46 9.46 NA NA NA 2002 UNODC 2002[7]
South Africa 9.41 NA NA NA NA 2012 UNODC 2012[8] & Stats SA[9]
Montenegro 8.55 2.06 6.49 NA NA 2009 WHO 2012[10]
Paraguay 7.35 7.35 NA NA NA 2000 UNODC 2000[11]
Nicaragua 7.14 7.14 NA NA NA 2007 OAS 2011[1]
Argentina 5.65 3.00 2.01 0.64 NA 2001 2008 UNODC 2011[12]
Canada 4.78 0.76 3.72 0.22 NA 1992 Krug 1998[13]
Zimbabwe 4.75 4.75 NA NA NA 2000 UNODC 2000[11]
Serbia 3.90 0.62 2.81 0.18 0.29 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Finland 3.64 0.26 3.34 0.02 0.02 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Switzerland 3.5 0.52 3.15 0.10 0.07 2010 OAS 2011[1]
Costa Rica 3.32 3.32 NA NA NA 2002 UNODC 2002[7]
Uruguay 3.24 3.24 NA NA NA 2002 UNODC 2002[7]
Croatia 3.01 0.57 2.35 0.07 0.02 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Barbados 3 3 NA NA NA 2000 UNODC 2000[11]
France 3.00 0.22 2.33 0.05 0.41 2009 WHO 2012[10]
Austria 2.94 0.18 2.68 NA 0.08 2010 WHO 2012[10]
New Zealand 2.66 0.17 2.14 0.09 NA 1993 Krug 1998[13]
Estonia 2.54 0.30 1.57 0.07 0.60 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Slovenia 2.44 0.05 2.34 NA 0.05 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Belgium 2.43 0.29 1.96 0.01 0.16 2006 WHO 2012[10]
Malta 2.16 0.48 1.68 NA NA 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Peru 1.87 1.87 NA NA NA 2009 OAS 2011[1]
Israel 1.86 0.94 0.71 0.03 0.19 2009 WHO 2012[10]
Republic of Macedonia 1.04 0.45 0.42 0.08 0.08 2011 WHO 2012[10]
Luxembourg 1.81 0.60 1.00 NA 0.20 2009 WHO 2012[10]
Norway 1.78 0.04 1.72 0.02 NA 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Portugal 1.77 0.48 1.09 0.02 0.18 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Czech Republic 1.76 0.12 1.39 0.10 0.15 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Slovakia 1.75 0.18 0.94 0.39 0.24 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Lithuania 1.61 0.24 1.00 0.03 0.33 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Georgia 1.54 0.23 0.09 1.00 0.23 2009 WHO 2012[10]
Greece 1.5 0.59 0.84 0.04 NA 1994 Krug 1998[13]
Sweden 1.47 0.19 1.20 0.06 0.01 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Denmark 1.45 0.22 1.16 0.04 0.04 2006 WHO 2012[10]
Latvia 1.43 0.18 0.94 0.04 0.27 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Bulgaria 1.35 0.23 0.87 0.14 0.11 2011 WHO 2012[10]
Italy 1.28 0.36 0.81 0.08 0.03 2009 WHO 2012[10]
Kuwait 1.25 0.36 0.06 0 NA 1995 Krug 1998[13]
Iceland 1.25 NA 1.25 NA NA 2009 WHO 2012[10]
Germany 1.10 0.06 0.94 0.02 0.08 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Moldova 1.04 1.04 NA NA NA 2011 WHO 2012[10]
Australia 1.05 0.09 0.79 0.02 0.15 2008 UNODC 2011[14]
Ireland 1.03 0.36 0.56 0.04 0.07 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Kyrgyzstan 1.01 0.53 0.07 0.28 0.13 2010 WHO 2012[10]
India 0.93 0.93 NA NA NA 2000 UNODC 2000[11]
Hungary 0.85 0.13 0.72 NA NA 2009 WHO 2012[10]
Cyprus 0.83 0.24 0.48 NA 0.11 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Uzbekistan 0.68 0.58 0.03 NA 0.08 2005 WHO 2012[10]
Spain 0.63 0.15 0.42 0.05 0.01 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Netherlands 0.46 0.20 0.24 0.01 0.01 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Taiwan 0.42 0.13 0.12 0.11 NA 1994 Krug 1998[13]
Belarus 0.38 0.38 NA NA NA 2002 UNODC 2002[7]
Ukraine 0.35 0.35 NA NA NA 2000 UNODC 2000[11]
United Kingdom 0.25 0.04 0.17 0.01 0.02 2011 WHO2012 [10]
Poland 0.26 0.02 0.12 0.02 0.09 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Singapore 0.24 0.07 0.17 0 NA 1994 Krug 1998[13]
Romania 0.20 0.04 0.06 0.09 0.01 2010 WHO 2012[10]
Hong Kong 0.19 0.12 0.07 0 NA 1993 Krug 1998[13]
Mauritius 0.19 0 0.09 0.09 NA 1993 Krug 1998[13]
Qatar 0.18 0.18 NA NA NA 2000 UNODC 2000[11]
South Korea 0.13 0.04 0.02 0.05 NA 1994 Krug 1998[13]
Japan 0.07 0.02 0.04 0 NA 1994 Krug 1998[13]
Azerbaijan 0.07 0.04 0.01 0.02 NA 2007 WHO 2012[10]
Chile 0.06