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munksbeer a day ago

> Thanks for the apology, I assure you I absolutely believe what I write.

That the US is safer than other places because it has guns? I guess you can sincerely believe that, but the facts say something else.

johnisgood a day ago | parent | next [-]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimated_number_of_civilian_g...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_firearm-r...

Check out both tables and you will see that the facts do not say what you think they say, at all.

Homicide rates by firearm per 100,000 inhabitants (2017):

  Jamaica - 47.857
  United States - 3.342
  Serbia - 0.415
Ranking by country for civilian-held firearms per 100 population (2017):

  Jamaica - 8.8
  United States - 120.5
  Serbia - 39.1
Those are just to compare three countries, but you will see a similar trend for all other countries.

It shows that Serbia has loads of guns, yet barely any firearm-related homicides, whereas Jamaica has much less guns, yet homicide rates by firearm are way higher than the US.

Thus, the statement that "More guns -> More gun-related violence" is evidently false.

nailer a day ago | parent | prev [-]

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