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pawoSD · #8 12-16-2012, 03:26 AM

Canada: Tight gun laws
USA: The more the better!

Canadian deaths per 100,000 people via firearms: 4.78
USA deaths per 100,000 people via firearms: 9

Thats DOUBLE our northern neighbors.

Guess what it is in Germany? 1.10

Thats right, almost 9 times less than here.

Wonder why that is?
Maybe because no one there owns guns? Duh.
Maybe because the average person is much more educated? Duh again.

The other half of it is the failure of education and social improvement programs in this country... that's a whole different issue...but one that leads to much higher violence.

When you look at the list of countries we're right in there with for gun deaths, its pretty repulsive considering the economic divide between us and all of them:

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]
Philippines 9.46 9.46 NA NA NA 2002 UNODC 2002[5]
South Africa 9.41 NA NA NA NA 2012 UNODC 2012[6] & Stats SA[7]
United States 9.00 2.98 5.75 0.27 NA 2008-2010 OAS 2011[8]
Montenegro 8.55 2.06 6.49 NA NA 2009 WHO 2012[9]
Paraguay 7.35 7.35 NA NA NA 2000 UNODC 2000[10]
Nicaragua 7.14 7.14 NA NA NA 2007 OAS 2011[1]