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louis c

(8,652 posts)
Tue Nov 7, 2017, 10:58 AM Nov 2017

If More Guns Makes Us Safer, Why Aren't We the Safest Counrty in the World?



<snip>List of countries by estimated number of guns per capita

Rank

Country

Guns per 100 Residents

1 United States 101
2 Serbia 58.21
3 Yemen 54.8
4 Cyprus 36.4 <snip>

Link;
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=gskBWr21HMqLjwTroZiIBg&q=guns+per+capita+by+country&oq=guns+per+capita+by+country&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l3j0i22i30k1l4.2072.12281.0.12785.26.26.0.0.0.0.273.4755.0j6j16.22.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..4.22.4745...0i131k1.0.ny2dIHexdDk


<snip> Even though it has half the population of the other 22 nations combined, the United States accounted for 82 percent of all gun deaths. The United States also accounted for 90 percent of all women killed by guns, the study found. Ninety-one percent of children under 14 who died by gun violence were in the United States. And 92 percent of young people between ages 15 and 24 killed by guns were in the United States, the study found. <snip>

Link;
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-u-s-gun-deaths-compare-to-other-countries/
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If More Guns Makes Us Safer, Why Aren't We the Safest Counrty in the World? (Original Post) louis c Nov 2017 OP
Nail cilla4progress Nov 2017 #1
Thanks louis c Nov 2017 #4
Why are we considered one of the MOST VIOLENT Iliyah Nov 2017 #2
Because people who have them tend to use them? Initech Nov 2017 #3
because guns do not make us safer Skittles Nov 2017 #5
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