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Originally posted by MagiK:
Nice dodge of the issue that even with anti-gun laws there isnt a nation around that doesnt still have gun related deaths.
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Ah, but the countries that do have stiff gun laws have far fewer deaths due to guns than those that don't [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Gun Death - International Comparisons
Gun deaths per 100,000 population -for the year indicated-
Suicide Unintentional Homicide
USA 4.08 -1999- 6.08 -1999- 0.42 -1999-
Canada 0.54 -1999- 2.65 -1997- 0.15 -1997-
Switzerland 0.50 -1999- 5.78 -1998- -
Scotland 0.12 -1999- 0.27 -1999- -
England/Wales 0.12 -1999/00- 0.22 -1999- 0.01 -1999-
Japan 0.04* -1998- 0.04 -1995- <0.01 -1997-
* Homicide & attempted homicide by handgun
Data collected by Philip Alpers, Harvard Injury Control Research Center, and HELP Network
Additional data can be found in Table A.10 of the World report on violence and health, published by the World Health Organization on 3rd October 2002.
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Not too easy to read is it? I did have it set out nicer when I was typing it [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I know you can't believe everything on the internet and that statistics can be adjusted depending on what you want them to say but there's gotta be some truth to these. [img]smile.gif[/img]
[ 10-22-2002, 04:06 PM: Message edited by: Downunda ]